Overview
Across ten captivating and beautifully illustrated chapters, Morgan Phillips recounts stories of adaptation from the air-conditioned pavements of Doha and the feral camels of Australia, to the ‘cool rooms’ of Paris and the ‘fog catchers’ of Morocco. These are the lesser-told stories of good, bad, ugly and very ugly adaptation to climate change – they will be the inspirations for the positive adaptations of the future; and the forewarnings of the mal-adaptations that must be avoided. Great Adaptations is a call to action, it presses home the need for adaptations that are ecologically restorative and socially just. It examines how adaptation is framed, unpicks the contested notion of Deep Adaptation, explores the potential of Transformative Adaptation, and questions the legitimacy of the ‘reassuring stories’ that still dominate mainstream climate discourse. It is conversational, provocative, engaging and visually arresting – a tactile, pocket-sized and very shareable object.
Full Product Details
Author: Morgan Phillips
Publisher: Arkbound
Imprint: Arkbound
Dimensions:
Width: 12.00cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 17.00cm
Weight: 0.266kg
ISBN: 9781912092147
ISBN 10: 191209214
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 14 September 2021
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Format: Book
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Until recently, climate-change activists advocated mitigation of rising global carbon dioxide levels - adapting to them was considered inappropriate or defeatist. Morgan Phillips disagrees. As the UK-based director of the Glacier Trust, which works with remote Nepalese mountain communities, he pragmatically supports mitigation and adaptation. He advocates that Western civilization be urgently but carefully disassembled to avoid climate catastrophe. His proposed adaptations seem mostly feasible and humane - if challenging. - Andrew Robinson, Nature.com.
Author Information
Dr Morgan Phillips FRSA, is Co-Director of The Glacier Trust, a UK charity that enables climate change adaptation in Nepal. He is also Head of Insight at environmental charity Global Action Plan, Trustee at National Association for Environmental Education, and Associate Director at Green Schools Project. Morgan is the designer of multiple environmental education initiatives, lectured on the politics of climate change at Brunel University, and led the Eco-Schools programme for England for three years. An accomplished public speaker, Morgan has appeared at many national and international conferences, including COP21 in Paris.
