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The Hot Topic

The Hot Topic

How to Tackle Global Warming and Still Keep the Lights on

by David King and Gabrielle Walker
Paperback
Publication Date: 31/01/2009

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We all know that global warming is a problem, but the blizzard of information and misinformation on the subject makes it hard to know what to do. The Hot Topic is the first book to set out the problems and the solutions in a straightforward way - no hidden agenda, no breast-beating, no hair shirts. Science - how the climate is already changing and what the future is likely to bring Adaptation - preparing for the changes we can't stop Technological solutions - new, clean ways to live, travel and keep the lights on Political solutions - the inside track on what it will take to bring the whole world to the same negotiating table, and how to deal with the 'problem' countries - China, India, Russia and the US Personal and local solutions - what you can do and why it will make a difference
ISBN:
9780747596301
9780747596301
Category:
Conservation of the environment
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
31-01-2009
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
320
Dimensions (mm):
198x129x20mm
David King

David King is the New York Times bestselling author of Death in the City of Light, Vienna 1814 and Finding Atlantis. A Fulbright Scholar with a master's degree from Cambridge University, King taught European history before becoming a full-time writer. His books have been translated into several languages, including Chinese, Turkish, Polish, Korean, Italian, Swedish and Russian.

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