Stop Global Warming: Change the WorldGlobal warming threatens the planet, but people already have the technology to solve the problem. The real problem is that those in power and the corporations can't or won't act, so it falls to the only force that can challenge them: the six billion people of the world. Most books on climate change are devoted to showing the scale of the threat we face, but offer few solutions. Jonathan Neale's approach outlines the case for radical political change that alone can stop global warming, and asks: How do people organise to achieve this result? |
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... poor countries , total emissions would double . But remember , we need to cut the total of global emissions from their present level by between 60 percent and 70 percent . Right now that means a cut from 4.2 tons of CO2 per person to ...
... poor countries , total emissions would double . But remember , we need to cut the total of global emissions from their present level by between 60 percent and 70 percent . Right now that means a cut from 4.2 tons of CO2 per person to ...
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... countries tend to have lower rates than poorer ones . Almost all the very poorest countries have high birth rates ... poor countries of the world , but what will happen in the rich countries . These are the countries that use more energy ...
... countries tend to have lower rates than poorer ones . Almost all the very poorest countries have high birth rates ... poor countries of the world , but what will happen in the rich countries . These are the countries that use more energy ...
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... poor countries to reducing their emissions as well . As the treaty on offer was not going to commit the poor countries , all American politicians , Democrat and Repub- lican , stood united to do nothing . That did not stop the American ...
... poor countries to reducing their emissions as well . As the treaty on offer was not going to commit the poor countries , all American politicians , Democrat and Repub- lican , stood united to do nothing . That did not stop the American ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM | 11 |
Abrupt Climate Change | 13 |
Copyright | |
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