Overview

Alarmists and deniers rarely go head to head in the climate change debate. They preach instead to sympathetic audiences whose minds are made up. This book, however, is designed to address open-minded readers and explain in lay terms how greenhouse gases are overwhelming the Earth’s ancient balance. It points out severe consequences for the human species, even if politically palatable targets are met. It emphasises the role of trees, past, present and future, and asks how and whether Homo sapiens will cope as our habitat is gradually smothered in carbon. Each aspect of the interwoven issues is simply explained in its own chapter, amidst an overall treatment which makes the true position crystal clear.

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Author:   John Halkett
Publisher:   Halstead Press
Imprint:   Halstead Press
ISBN:  

9781925043648

ISBN 10:   1925043649
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   01 November 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface by John Hewson   Chapter 1        Preamble Chapter 2        Setting the Scene Chapter 3        Encounters from out there in Space Chapter 4        It’s Heating up here on Earth Chapter 5        Droughts, Floods and Bushfires Chapter 6        Learning to Live in a Greenhouse Chapter 7        Did we Kill off our Cousins? Chapter 8        Planet Earth—we have a Problem Chapter 9        Nature’s Light Show Chapter 10      Getting to Grips with Trees Chapter 11      At the Centre of Human Consciousness Chapter 12      Forests—Where Trees Live Chapter 13      A Language that Strangers Don’t Know Chapter 14      Putting a Price on Nature Chapter 15      Selling Carbon in the Market Chapter 16      Thawing up in the Arctic Chapter 17      Nature Relieved of her Human Burden Chapter 18      Enter the Corona Virus Chapter 19      Sleepwalking Past a Point of No Return Chapter 20      Towards the Cliff Edge Notes Index

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John Halkett is the author of numerous scientific papers and six previous books, He plays a leading role in developing industries using trees in carbon control, including a power station in the Hunter Valley fuelled by firewood and waste. He runs a forest consultancy business and has expertise in temperate and tropical forest management and forest-based industries. He has held senior positions in government forest and conservation agencies in Australia and New Zealand.  He has worked in the USA, China, Canada, Chile, PNG, Myanmar, and Africa. He is Chairman of Australian timber and energy company Sweetman Renewables and serves on Australian and international boards and committees.

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