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Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In the face of widespread fear and apathy, an international coalition of researchers, professionals, and scientists have come together to offer a set of realistic and bold solutions to climate change. One hundred techniques and practices are described here--some are well known; some you may have never heard of. They range from clean energy to educating girls in lower-income countries to land use practices that pull carbon out of the air. The solutions...
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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"Global warming is one of today's greatest challenges. The science of climate change leaves no doubt that policies to cut emissions are overdue. Yet, after twenty years of international talks and treaties, the world is now in gridlock about how best to do this. David Victor argues that such gridlock has arisen because international talks have drifted away from the reality of what countries are willing and able to implement at home. Most of the lessons...
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Series
Orca issues volume 8
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"This nonfiction book for teens outlines the science behind global heating and its root causes, provides ways to take action and honors the efforts of the millions of people from around the world working tirelessly to help the planet."--
4) Solar
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English
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Nobel Prize-winning scientist Michael Beard coasts through his professional life as his fifth marriage disintegrates, but gets an unexpected chance at redemption when he is called on to save humanity from environmental disaster.
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English
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"Bill Gates shares what he's learned in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address the problems, and sets out a vision for how the world can build the tools it needs to get to zero greenhouse gas emissions. Bill Gates explains why he cares so deeply about climate change and what makes him optimistic that the world can avoid the most dire effects of the climate crisis. Gates says, "We can work on a local,...
Publisher
The National Academies Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"The signals are everywhere that our planet is experiencing significant climate change. It is clear that we need to reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from our atmosphere if we want to avoid greatly increased risk of damage from climate change. Aggressively pursuing a program of emissions abatement or mitigation will show results over a timescale of many decades. How do we actively remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere...
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Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
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Language
English
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This explanation of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies takes a hard look at the practical difficulties of transitioning to a hydrogen economy and reveals why neither government policy nor business investment should be based on the belief that hydrogen cars will have meaningful commercial success in the near or medium term.
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"The public rely upon media representations to help interpret and make sense of the many complexities relating to climate science and governance. Media representations of climate issues - from news to entertainment - are powerful and important links between people's everyday realities and experiences, and the ways in which they are discussed by scientists, policymakers and public actors. A dynamic mix of influences - from internal workings of mass...
11) The soil will save us: how scientists, farmers, and foodies are healing the soil to save the planet
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Publisher
Rodale, Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Our planet is warming because of human activity. Foer believes the task of saving the planet will involve a great reckoning with ourselves-- with our all-too-human reluctance to sacrifice immediate comfort for the sake of the future. We have, he reveals, turned our planet into a farm for growing animal products, and the consequences are catastrophic. Saving our home and way of life starts with what we eat-- and don't eat-- for breakfast. -- adapted...
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Publisher
ProQuest LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Worldwide, climate change is affecting communities and economies. This daunting problem, seemingly needing to be addressed sooner than later, has often not been taken seriously. This study aimed to adapt the Yale Climate Opinion Survey (Leiserowitz et al., 2022), an American assessment instrument, for use in the Mexican municipality of San Pedro Garza Garcia to analyze citizens' knowledge, perceptions, beliefs, and attitudes towards climate change....
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English
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Bill Nye crystallizes and expands the message for which he is best known and beloved. That message is that with a combination of optimism and scientific curiosity, all obstacles become opportunities, and the possibilities of our world become limitless. With a scientist's thirst for knowledge and an engineer's vision of what can be, Bill Nye sees today's environmental issues not as insurmountable, depressing problems but as chances for our society...