Global Warming...And the Politics of Denial. / Camille Colatosti.
by Colatosti, Camille; Hertsgaard, Mark; El-Ashry, Mohamed; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 9Science. Publisher: Witness, 2001; World Link, 2001ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Framework Convention on Climate Change | Climatic changes | Energy consumption | Energy policy -- Developing countries | Denial (Psychology) | Environmental policy | Global warming | Green movement | Green technology | Greenhouse gases | Renewable energy sources | Kyoto Protocol, 1997DDC classification: 050 Summary: GLOBAL WARMING -- "A report issued by the U.N.-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change this past January [2001] predicts that global temperatures are rising at a faster rate than before believed....The U.N. Climate Change panel's report stresses that global warming results from human behavior. The implicit challenge is clear: Just as we have the ability to heat the planet, we also have the ability to reform our production practices and to restore the globe." (WITNESS) This article reviews basic global warming knowledge and investigates reasons why some of the world nations hesitate in implementing plans to reverse climate change.Summary: GLOBAL GREENING? -- "Everyone knows the planet is in bad shape, but most people are resigned to passivity. Changing course, they reason, would require economic sacrifice and provoke stiff resistance from corporations and consumers alike, so why bother? It's easier to ignore the gathering storm clouds and hope the problem magically takes care ot itself...What we need is a Blobal Green Deal: a program to environmentally renovate our civilization from top to bottom, in rich and poor countries alike." (WITNESS) This article explroes possible solutions to global environmental woes.Summary: THE HEAT IS ON -- "Global warming is a clear and present danger. The use of renewable energy will not only help counter the threat of climate change but bring benefits to the world's poorest." (WORLD LINK) This article explores efforts to decelerate global warming by expanding the use of renewable energy sources.
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This MARC record contains three articles.
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: Global Warming...And the Politics of Denial, April 2001; pp. 8-13.
Originally Published: Global Greening?, April 2001; pp. 14-16.
Originally Published: The Heat Is On, March/April 2001; pp. 14-15.
GLOBAL WARMING -- "A report issued by the U.N.-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change this past January [2001] predicts that global temperatures are rising at a faster rate than before believed....The U.N. Climate Change panel's report stresses that global warming results from human behavior. The implicit challenge is clear: Just as we have the ability to heat the planet, we also have the ability to reform our production practices and to restore the globe." (WITNESS) This article reviews basic global warming knowledge and investigates reasons why some of the world nations hesitate in implementing plans to reverse climate change.
GLOBAL GREENING? -- "Everyone knows the planet is in bad shape, but most people are resigned to passivity. Changing course, they reason, would require economic sacrifice and provoke stiff resistance from corporations and consumers alike, so why bother? It's easier to ignore the gathering storm clouds and hope the problem magically takes care ot itself...What we need is a Blobal Green Deal: a program to environmentally renovate our civilization from top to bottom, in rich and poor countries alike." (WITNESS) This article explroes possible solutions to global environmental woes.
THE HEAT IS ON -- "Global warming is a clear and present danger. The use of renewable energy will not only help counter the threat of climate change but bring benefits to the world's poorest." (WORLD LINK) This article explores efforts to decelerate global warming by expanding the use of renewable energy sources.
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