The climate book / created by Greta Thunberg.
Contributor(s): Thunberg, Greta.
Publisher: London : Penguin Books, 2024Description: 464 pages : illustrations (colour), maps (colour).ISBN: 9780141999043 (pbk.) :; 0141999047 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Environmental protection -- Citizen participation | Climatic changes -- Effect of human beings on | Environmentalism | Environment and ecology | Environment and Ecology | Political activism | Development economics & emerging economies | Environmental economics | The environment | Environmentalist thought & ideologyDDC classification: 363.70525 Summary: It seems like an impossible task: secure a safe future for life on Earth, at a scale and speed that the world has never seen, in the face of vast and powerful forces - not just oil tycoons and governments, but the changing climate system itself. The odds are against us, and we are running out of time. But it doesn't have to be this way. Around the world, geophysicists and mathematicians, oceanographers and meteorologists, engineers, economists, psychologists and philosophers have been using their expertise to develop a deep understanding of the crises we face. Greta Thunberg has created 'The Climate Book' in partnership with over one hundred of these experts in order to equip us all with this knowledge.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Eccleston Library Adult Non-Fiction | 363.705 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 38055400026466 | |||
| Adult book | Haydock Library Adult Non-Fiction | 363.705 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 38055400026467 |
Originally published: UK: Allen Lane, 2022.
Includes index.
It seems like an impossible task: secure a safe future for life on Earth, at a scale and speed that the world has never seen, in the face of vast and powerful forces - not just oil tycoons and governments, but the changing climate system itself. The odds are against us, and we are running out of time. But it doesn't have to be this way. Around the world, geophysicists and mathematicians, oceanographers and meteorologists, engineers, economists, psychologists and philosophers have been using their expertise to develop a deep understanding of the crises we face. Greta Thunberg has created 'The Climate Book' in partnership with over one hundred of these experts in order to equip us all with this knowledge.