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Surviving climate change : the struggle to avert global catastrophe /

An insightful and inspiring collection of essays from some of the foremost thinkers on climate change. Not to be missed.' Mark Lynas, author of High Tide (Flamingo/HarperCollins, 2004) 'A visionary and hopeful book -- an essential survival guide in turbulent times.' Caroline Lucas, Gr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cromwell, David, 1962- (Editor ), Levene, Mark, 1953- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Introduction : Survival means renewal / Mark Levene and David Cromwell
  • pt. 1. The big picture
  • 1. The case for contraction and convergence / Aubrey Meyer
  • pt. 2. The state and its apparatus
  • 2. Thinking the worst : the Pentagon Report / Dave Webb
  • 3. Preparing for mass refugee flows : the corporate military sector / Steve Wright
  • 4. Climate change and the political process : consequences for government action in Britain / James Humphreys
  • pt. 3. Critical players
  • 5. First they blocked, now do they bluff? Corporations respond to climate change Melanie Jarman
  • 6. Mostly missing the point : business responds to climate change / David Ballard
  • 7. The mass media, climate change, and how things might be / John Theobald and Marianne McKiggan
  • 8. Having the information, but what do you then do with it? The scientific and academic communities / Jonathan Ward
  • 9. Asleep on their watch : where were the NGOs? / George Marshall
  • pt. 4. The challenge ahead
  • 10. Clearing the pathways to transformation / Susan Ballard and David Ballard
  • 11. Averting climate change : the need for enlightened self-interest / Jim Scott
  • Afterword : Where do we go from here? / Mayer Hillman
  • appendix 1. A layperson's glossary of the global politics of climate change / Tim Helweg-Larsen and Jo Abbess
  • appendix 2. Climate-related groups and other relevant websites
  • Notes on contributors
  • Index.