Bibliograph

Rapid climate change, causes, consequences, and solutions, Scott G. McNall

Type

Label

Rapid climate change, causes, consequences, and solutions, Scott G. McNall

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rapid climate change

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

667213086

Responsibility statement

Scott G. McNall

Series statement

Framing 21st century social issues

Sub title

causes, consequences, and solutions

Summary

The book reviews the science of climate change and explains why it is one of the most difficult problems humanity has ever tackled. Climate change is a "wicked" problem bound up with problems of population growth, environmental degradation, and world problems of growing social and economic inequality. The book explores the politicization of the topic, the polarization of opinion, and the reasons why, for some, science has become just another ideology to be contested. How do humans assess risk? Why are they are so bad at focusing on the future? How can we solve the problem of climate change? These are the questions this work answers

Table Of Contents

Why is the earth getting warmer and what difference does it make? -- The Cassandra problem -- Calculating the odds : how we think about risk and climate change -- What is the future worth?

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