No-Nonsense Guide to Climate Change

The Science, the Solutions, the Way Forward

Danny Chivers

Just as the need for action on climate change becomes more urgent and overwhelming, the campaign to deny that humans are causing it has gained more traction. This completely new book meets the skeptics head on, offering a guide to the science, an insight into the politics of climate justice and a clear sense of the way forward.

This is an ideal offering for students, academics and anyone interested in the growing issue of society’s impact on climate change and how to make climate justice a reality.

Contents

Foreword by Nicola Bullardoo
Introduction
Part A: The Science
Chapter 1 How Do We Know That Climate Change is Happening?
Chapter 2 How Bad Could it Get?
Chapter 3 Why is Climate Denial on the Rise?
Part B: The Solutions
Chapter 4 Where Are All the Emissions Coming From?
Chapter 5 How Much Do We Need to Cut?
Chapter 6 What are the Solutions?
Part C: The Way Forward
Chapter 7 What is the Political History of Climate Change?
Chapter 8 Why Haven’t We Fixed it Yet?
Chapter 9 What is it Going to Take?
Chapter 10 What Might a Zero-carbon Future Look Like?
Chapter 11 Ten Top Tips to Save the Climate

About the Author

Danny Chivers is a freelance carbon analyst and environmental writer. He recently created for The Guardian newspaper an online carbon calculator encapsulating all of the UK’s emissions.