Overview

Climate change is the greatest single problem we face as a planet. This important introduction skilfully guides us through the complex mix of scientific, political, social and environmental issues to examine the manifold threats it poses and explore the possible futures for our world. Focusing on the fact that the ‘point of no return’ may in fact have already been passed, Boyd and Tompkins highlight the urgent need to start actively adapting to our changing climate if we want to avoid complete catastrophe.

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A valuable guide to the underlying science, the possible impacts of change, and the political hazards now surrounding the debate. -- Sir Crispin Tickell, Director of the Policy Foresight Programme at the James Martin 21st Century School, University of Oxford, and Chairman Emeritus of the Climate Institute, Washington, DC Tells it like it is. Highly recommended to concerned, and as yet unconcerned, citizens. -- Neil Adger, Professor in Environmental Sciences, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia

Author Information

Emily Boyd is Lecturer in Environment and Development at the University of Leeds. She is an associate of the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment at the University of Oxford and of the Stockholm Resilience Centre at the University of Stockholm. Emma L. Tompkins is Senior Lecturer in Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability at the University of Leeds. She is a contributing author to the IPCC Special Report on Climate Extremes and Disasters. James Adams has narrated over a hundred fiction and non-fiction audiobooks. His distinctive British accent has been sought after for books that range from Conan Doyle’s Professor Challenger series to biographies, autobiographies, and works of Christian philosophy. He also hosted a morning news show on public radio, and has written 14 bestselling books of fiction and nonfiction that have been translated into 12 languages.

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