Seven Years To Save The Planet: The Questions And The Answers - Brossura

McGuire, Bill

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0297853368 ISBN 13: 9780297853367

Casa editrice: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008

Riassunto

For the first time in the history of the world one species has grown so numerous and so technologically powerful that it has the ability to destabilize the narrow range of temperature within which life can flourish. And we are now doing just that. Our generation is the guilty generation, but we will only just begin to feel the consequences of our actions, it is our children's and grandchildren's generations that will suffer. This book is a call to arms. We have time still to halt and reverse the process. Maybe 10 years, maybe less - we have to throw our engines into reverse now in the battle to control our carbon emissions. Each one of us, acting collectively, can make a very real difference to the future of the world we live in. And we can do it very simply and easily. Bill McGuire tells us how.

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Recensione

'Bill McGuire succinctly tackles a series of green queries... the book is an excellent first stop for getting clued up about climate change. ' (METRO)

'..author Bill McGuire points out that to salvage a civilisation capable of maintaining a semblance of organisation approximate to what we have now, we must achieve a near-zero carbon economy by 2050'. (GREENEVENTS)

'McGuire makes telling points about the size of the challenge we face if we are to escape some of the nastier effects of climate change. And his sense of urgency is well-placed.' (FOCUS)

L'autore

Professor Bill McGuire has for the last 10 years run the biggest academic hazard research centre in Europe, advising governments and multi-nationals on natural diasters and climate change. He has followed David Attenborough, Richard Dawkins and Robert Winston in giving the Natural History Museum Annual Science Lecture and in June he presented a 5-minute slot each evening for a week, as part of Channel 5 News, on The Future of Our World. He also presented the acclaimed Radio 4 series Disasters in Waiting and Scientists under Pressure.

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• Editore: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0297853368
• ISBN 13: 9780297853367
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240