The Carbon Club
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The Carbon Club

How a Network of Influential Climate Sceptics, Politicians and Business Leaders Fought to Control Australia's Climate Policy

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The Carbon Club

How a Network of Influential Climate Sceptics, Politicians and Business Leaders Fought to Control Australia's Climate Policy

About this book

As the climate crisis threatens more extreme bushfire seasons, droughts and floods, many Australians are demanding their leaders answer the question: 'Why didn't you do something?'
The Carbon Club reveals the truth behind Australia's two decades of climate inaction. It's the story of how a loose confederation of influential climate-science sceptics, politicians and business leaders sought to control Australia's response to the climate crisis. They shared a fear that dealing with climate change would undermine the nation's wealth, jobs and competitive advantage - and the power of the carbon club.
Central to their strategy was an international campaign to undermine climate science and the urgency of the climate crisis. The more the climate science was questioned, the more politicians lost the imperative to act. The sustained success of the carbon club over two decades explains why Australian governments failed to deal with the challenge of climate change. But at what cost to us and the next generation?
One of Australia's most respected investigative journalists, Marian Wilkinson has tracked the rise and rise of Australia's carbon club in brilliant detail, with extraordinary access to key players on all sides. The result is a book that is both essential and disturbing reading.

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Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  3. ALSO BY THE AUTHOR
  4. TITLE PAGE
  5. COPYRIGHT PAGE
  6. DEDICATION
  7. CONTENTS
  8. PROLOGUE
  9. CHAPTER ONE: HEARTS AND MINDS
  10. CHAPTER TWO: OLD ALLIES
  11. CHAPTER THREE: DIVISION IN THE RANKS
  12. CHAPTER FOUR: SCORCHED EARTH
  13. CHAPTER FIVE: THE STATE OF THE REEF I
  14. CHAPTER SIX: THE DEFINING CHALLENGE
  15. CHAPTER SEVEN: THE HEAT GOES ON
  16. CHAPTER EIGHT: TRIUMPH OF THE SCEPTICS
  17. CHAPTER NINE: COP-OUT
  18. CHAPTER TEN: BATTLELINES
  19. CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE CARBON WAR
  20. CHAPTER TWELVE: THE STATE OF THE REEF II
  21. CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE PURGE
  22. CHAPTER FOURTEEN: THE TARGET
  23. CHAPTER FIFTEEN: HOSTAGE
  24. CHAPTER SIXTEEN: SACRIFICING GOATS
  25. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: THE STATE OF THE REEF III
  26. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: NO REGRETS
  27. EPILOGUE: THE ROAD AHEAD
  28. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  29. CHAPTER NOTES
  30. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  31. INDEX