Generation Us: The Challenge of Global Warming (Rapid Reads)

Weaver, Andrew

ISBN 10: 1554698049 / ISBN 13: 9781554698042

Editore: Rapid Reads, 2011

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• Titolo: Generation Us: The Challenge of Global Warming (Rapid Reads)
• Editore: Rapid Reads
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1554698049
• ISBN 13: 9781554698042
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New
• Peso: 5 once

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In clear and accessible language, Generation Us explains the phenomenon of global warming, outlines the threat it presents to future generations and offers a path toward solutions to the problem. The reality of global warming has long been accepted within the scientific community, yet it remains a hotly debated topic at the political and social level. Why is this? Is it the fact that the ultimate effects of global warming will not be felt in our lifetimes? Do we really feel no moral responsibility for future generations? Dr. Weaver, one of the world's leading experts in the field, contends that, just as humans have been responsible for creating the problem of global warming, we must also be the solution.

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"Andrew Weaver is one of the few scientists of his generation with the courage and conviction to put his career on the line and speak out about an issue (climate change) that he understands perhaps better than any other Canadian. For his remarkable work in the field-and for this clear and easily understandable book-we owe him a debt of gratitude." David SuzukiThe reality of global warming has long been accepted within the scientific community, yet it remains a hotly debated topic at the political and social level. Why? Is it because the ultimate effects of global warming will not be felt in our lifetimes? Do we feel no responsibility for future generations? Dr. Weaver contends that, just as humans have been responsible for creating the problem of global warming, we must also be the solution.Dr. Andrew J. Weaver, Canada's top climate scientist, is professor and Research Chair in climate modeling and analysis at the University of Victoria. He was a lead author in the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.