Atmosphere of Hope
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Atmosphere of Hope

Searching for Solutions to the Climate Crisis

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Atmosphere of Hope

Searching for Solutions to the Climate Crisis

About this book

The author of the #1 bestseller, The Weather Makers, pens "a brilliant examination of where we are with climate change and where we might be able to go" (The National Observer, Vancouver). Almost two decades ago, Tim Flannery's #1 international bestseller, The Weather Makers, was one of the first books to break the topic of climate change out into the general conversation. Today, Earth's climate system is fast approaching a crisis. Political leadership has not kept up, and public engagement with the issue of climate change has declined. Opinion is divided between technological optimists and pessimists who feel that catastrophe is inevitable. Around the world people are now living with the consequences of an altered climate—with intensified and more frequent storms, wildfires, droughts, and floods. For some it's already a question of survival. Drawing on the latest science, Flannery gives a snapshot of the trouble we are in and more crucially, proposes a new way forward, including rapidly progressing clean technologies and a "third way" of soft geo-engineering. Tim Flannery, with his inimitable style, makes this urgent issue compelling and accessible. This is a must-read for anyone interested in our global future. "What Flannery provides—a convincing defense for the position that a path to averting catastrophic climate change still exists—is invaluable." — Los Angeles Review of Books

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Table of contents

  1. ATMOSPHERE
  2. Other books by Tim Flannery
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Dedication
  7. Introduction
  8. PART ONE: Climate Science
  9. CHAPTER ONE: The Weather Makers: Right or Wrong?
  10. CHAPTER TWO: The Waters of a Warming World
  11. CHAPTER THREE: Ominously Acidic Oceans
  12. CHAPTER FOUR: How Are the Animals Doing?
  13. CHAPTER FIVE: The Great Climate Event Horizon
  14. PART TWO: The Knife Blade We Perch On
  15. CHAPTER SIX: The Great Disconnect
  16. CHAPTER SEVEN: Coal: Decline of a Giant
  17. CHAPTER EIGHT: What Future, Oil?
  18. CHAPTER NINE: Gas: Last Hurrah of Bridge to the Future?
  19. CHAPTER TEN: Divestment and the Carbon Bubble
  20. CHAPTER ELEVEN: Where's Nuclear?
  21. CHAPTER TWELVE: Sunlight and Wind: Winning the Race
  22. CHAPTER THIRTEEN: At Last, EVs
  23. PART THREE:
  24. CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Adapting?
  25. CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Geoengineering: A Way Out?
  26. CHAPTER SIXTEEN: The Gigatonne Challenge
  27. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Silicate Rocks, Cement and Smart Chemistry
  28. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: The New Carbon Capture and Storage
  29. CHAPTER NINETEEN: The 2030 Challenge
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY: Deadline 2050
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: The Growing Power of the Individual
  32. Envoi
  33. Afterword
  34. Organizations Fighting for a Better Climate
  35. Acknowledgements
  36. Endnotes
  37. Index
  38. Back Cover