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Sto caricando le informazioni... Fools Rule: Inside the Failed Politics of Climate Changedi William Marsden
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. one of the many climate change books that has made me ashamed to be Canadian. ( ) In case we needed another book to remind us of the path we're heading, this one provides some lesser-known background information on environmental problems such as mercury poisoning in the Arctic and threats to freshwater. A good insider's account of the politics as well. Those who are well-informed may want to skip the personal accounts of visits to the Arctic, but there is enough new information informed by science to make this worth reading. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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This eloquent, rage-inciting polemic about the global failure to deal with climate change will appeal to readers of Tim Flannery, George Monbiot and Bill McKibben - and anyone concerned with the economic and environmental future of our planet. Kyoto, 1997. Montreal, 2005. Copenhagen, 2009. Cancun, 2010. In Fools Rule, Marsden illustrates how inefficient and short-sighted political negotiations have become despite mounting scientific evidence that immediate action is essential to curb the effects of climate change. International climate change summits are now widely monitored events, attended by state leaders and crowded with journalists; yet somehow they have never been less productive. Treaties and action plans are smothered by economic self-interest, diplomatic errors and every nation's hungry scramble for its share of the remaining atmospheric space. Marsden takes us from inside the bungled negotiations at Copenhagen to the melting glaciers and untapped oil reserves of the Arctic; he shows us the paralyzing effect oil and gas companies have on green legal initiatives in the United States, and therefore on any international climate change treaty; and, with wit and penetrating insight, he asks the toughest question - will we be able to change before it's too late? Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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