Author: Bill Gates Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0385546149 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 201
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet's slide to certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal. He gives us a clear-eyed description of the challenges we face. Drawing on his understanding of innovation and what it takes to get new ideas into the market, he describes the areas in which technology is already helping to reduce emissions, where and how the current technology can be made to function more effectively, where breakthrough technologies are needed, and who is working on these essential innovations. Finally, he lays out a concrete, practical plan for achieving the goal of zero emissions—suggesting not only policies that governments should adopt, but what we as individuals can do to keep our government, our employers, and ourselves accountable in this crucial enterprise. As Bill Gates makes clear, achieving zero emissions will not be simple or easy to do, but if we follow the plan he sets out here, it is a goal firmly within our reach.
Author: Pieter Tans Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 28
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This is the world's smallest book on the world's biggest problem: CO2 and climate change. This book provides a concise and entertaining introduction to the most pressing environmental issue of our time. More than just a primer, even knowledgeable readers will learn something new and important about the science of climate change. The book is available for climate-outreach organizations at reduced cost and can be customized for your organization's needs. All proceeds from the book benefit the Citizens' Climate Lobby and climate outreach education.
Author: David Miller Publisher: University of Toronto Press ISBN: 1487554583 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 254
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If our planet is going to survive the climate crisis, we need to act rapidly. Taking cues from progressive cities around the world, including Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Oslo, Shenzhen, and Sydney, this book is a summons to every city to make small but significant changes that can drastically reduce our carbon footprint. We cannot wait for national governments to agree on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and manage the average temperature rise to within 1.5 degrees. In Solved, David Miller argues that cities are taking action on climate change because they can – and because they must. The updated paperback edition of Solved: How the World’s Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis demonstrates that the initiatives cities have taken to control the climate crisis can make a real difference in reducing global emissions if implemented worldwide. By chronicling the stories of how cities have taken action to meet and exceed emissions targets laid out in the Paris Agreement, Miller empowers readers to fix the climate crisis. As much a “how to” guide for policymakers as a work for concerned citizens, Solved aims to inspire hope through its clear and factual analysis of what can be done – now, today – to mitigate our harmful emissions and pave the way to a 1.5-degree world.
Author: HRH The Prince of Wales Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 0718185862 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 67
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What is climate change? How does it work? Learn from the experts in the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES Learn about one of the most important issues facing our world today in this clear, simple and enlightening introduction. From HRH The Prince of Wales, environmentalist Tony Juniper and climate scientist Dr Emily Shuckburgh, it explains the history, dangers and challenges of global warming and explores possible solutions with which to reduce its impact. You'll learn about . . . - The causes and consequences of climate disruption - Heatwaves, floods and other extreme weather - Disappearing wildlife - Acid oceans - The benefits of limiting warming - Sustainable farming - New, clean technologies - The circular economy Learn about other topics in the Ladybird Experts series including Gravity, Quantum Physics, Climate Change and Evolution. Written by the leading lights and most outstanding communicators in their fields, the Ladybird Expert books provide clear, accessible and authoritative introductions to subjects drawn from science, history and culture. For an adult readership, the Ladybird Expert series is produced in the same iconic small hardback format pioneered by the original Ladybirds. Each beautifully illustrated book features the first new illustrations produced in the original Ladybird style for nearly forty years.
Author: Christiana Figueres Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 052565836X Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 242
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A cautionary but optimistic book about the world’s changing climate and the fate of humanity, from Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac—who led negotiations for the United Nations during the historic Paris Agreement of 2015. The authors outline two possible scenarios for our planet. In one, they describe what life on Earth will be like by 2050 if we fail to meet the Paris Agreement’s climate targets. In the other, they lay out what it will be like to live in a regenerative world that has net-zero emissions. They argue for confronting the climate crisis head-on, with determination and optimism. The Future We Choose presents our options and tells us what governments, corporations, and each of us can, and must, do to fend off disaster.
Author: Greta Thunberg Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0593492323 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 465
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER We still have time to change the world. From climate activist Greta Thunberg, comes the essential handbook for making it happen. You might think it's an impossible task: secure a safe future for life on Earth, at a scale and speed never seen, against all the odds. There is hope—but only if we listen to the science before it's too late. In The Climate Book, Greta Thunberg has gathered the wisdom of over one hundred experts—geophysicists, oceanographers and meteorologists; engineers, economists and mathematicians; historians, philosophers and Indigenous leaders—to equip us all with the knowledge we need to combat climate disaster. Throughout, illuminating and often shocking grayscale charts, graphs, diagrams, photographs, and illustrations underscore their research and their arguments. Alongside them, she shares her own stories of demonstrating and uncovering greenwashing around the world, revealing how much we have been kept in the dark. This is one of our biggest challenges, she shows, but also our greatest source of hope. Once we are given the full picture, how can we not act? And if a schoolchild's strike could ignite a global protest, what could we do collectively if we tried? We are alive at the most decisive time in the history of humanity. Together, we can do the seemingly impossible. But it has to be us, and it has to be now.
Author: Greta Thunberg Publisher: Edizioni Mondadori ISBN: 8835719941 Category : Science Languages : it Pages : 673
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I discorsi di Greta Thunberg hanno scosso il mondo. Con The Climate Book, ha creato uno strumento essenziale per chiunque voglia contribuire a salvarlo. Sembra un'impresa impossibile: garantire un futuro sicuro alla vita sulla Terra, su una scala e a una velocità mai viste al mondo, al cospetto di forze enormi e potenti: non solo i magnati del petrolio e i governi, ma il sistema climatico stesso che cambia. Le probabilità giocano a nostro sfavore e non abbiamo più tempo. Ma non deve andare per forza così. In tutto il mondo, geofisici e matematici, oceanografi e meteorologi, ingegneri, economisti, psicologi e filosofi hanno usato le loro competenze per sviluppare una comprensione profonda delle crisi con cui siamo chiamati a misurarci. Greta Thunberg ha curato The Climate Book in collaborazione con oltre 100 di questi esperti in modo da fornire a tutti noi quel sapere. Insieme a loro, Greta condivide le sue personali storie di scoperta, dimostrazione e messa a nudo del greenwashing in tutto il mondo, rivelandoci fino a che punto siamo stati tenuti all'oscuro. Questo, ci dimostra, è uno dei nostri più grandi problemi, ma anche la nostra più grande fonte di speranza. Una volta che avremo il quadro completo, saremo in grado di agire; e se lo sciopero di una studentessa è stato capace di accendere una protesta globale, cosa potremmo fare collettivamente, se solo ci provassimo? The Climate Book ci dimostra che tutti noi abbiamo la responsabilità di vivere nel periodo più decisivo della storia dell'umanità e che, insieme, possiamo fare ciò che all'apparenza è impossibile. Ma dobbiamo farlo noi, e dobbiamo farlo ora.
Author: Jennifer Boothroyd Publisher: Lerner Digital ™ ISBN: 1512463272 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 24
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Why is it hot in one part of the world and chilly in another? Readers will learn the ins and outs of climate in this book. Accessible text and appealing photos show different climate conditions and encourage students to think about and engage with the idea of climate and what kind of climate exists where they live.
Author: Bill Gates
Author: Pieter Tans
Author: David Miller
Author: HRH The Prince of Wales
Author: Christiana Figueres
Author: Greta Thunberg
Author: Greta Thunberg
Author: G. Thunberg
Author: David Archer
Author: Jennifer Boothroyd