Climate Change: Small Guides to Big Issues

Author:   Melanie Jarman
Publisher:   Pluto Press
ISBN:  

9780745325811


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   20 July 2007
Format:   Hardback
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Climate Change: Small Guides to Big Issues


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Author:   Melanie Jarman
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 12.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 17.70cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9780745325811


ISBN 10:   0745325815
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   20 July 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Preparing to be Prepared 2. False Solutions 3. The World Bank 4. Come Together as One? 5. It's an Issue of Energy Conclusion - Requiem for a Lost Season Notes

Reviews

'A persuasive and much-needed contribution on what must be the defining political issue of this century - climate justice' -- Mark Lynas 'Meticulously researched, eloquent, and inspiring - demonstrates the scale of the threat which climate change poses to the world's poor' -- Caroline Lucas, Green Party MEP for South East England


Jarman's book is a persuasive and much-needed contribution on what must be the definining political issue of this century - climate justice. -- Mark Lynas Jarman's book is a persuasive and much-needed contribution on what must be the definining political issue of this century - climate justice -- Mark Lynas Meticulously researched, eloquent, and inspiring, Oxfam's new book powerfully demonstrates the scale of the threat which climate change poses to the world's poor, and issues a clear and compelling call for climate justice: those of us in the rich world are disproportionately responsible for greenhouse gas emissions but - just as we have the power to damage the environment, so we have the power to repair it - and all of us have a vital part to play in influencing change. -- Caroline Lucas, Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion Meticulously researched, eloquent, and inspiring, Oxfam's new book powerfully demonstrates the scale of the threat which climate change poses to the world's poor, and issues a clear and compelling call for climate justice: those of us in the rich world are disproportionately responsible for greenhouse gas emissions ... and all of us have a vital part to play in influencing change. -- Caroline Lucas, Green Party MEP for South East England


Meticulously researched, eloquent, and inspiring, this new book powerfully demonstrates the scale of the threat which climate change poses to the world's poor, and issues a clear and compelling call for climate justice. Caroline Lucas, Green Party MEP for South East England A persuasive and much-needed book on what must be the defining political issue of this century - climate justice. Mark Lynas, journalist and author of Rising Tide: News From A Warming World


Author Information

Melanie Jarman is an environmental and political journalist. She writes a monthly column on climate change-related issues for Red Pepper. She is the author of The Impact of Big Business and Rich World, Poor World (Franklin Watts). She is also editor of the supporters' magazine for Campaign Against the Arms Trade, and an advisor to Corporate Watch.

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