Description
We have long known what is happening to our planet. This is the story of why we do nothing. During the 1980s, a handful of scientists and politicians risked their careers to warn in desperation of the threat the world was bringing upon itself through its growing consumption of fossil fuels. Alongside the creation of international panels and the first attempts at global cooperation to reduce carbon emissions, their efforts had another paradoxical consequence: coordinated lobbying by mining and energy companies that denied human civilization’s role in climate change. What sounded like a clear task in the 1980s later became an ideological battleground in which scientific fact carried the same weight as political opinion. This book by Nathaniel Rich traces, in a journalistic style, how the scientific consensus on the impact of human activity on the climate emerged and what tragic fate befell the subsequent political solutions. Although it describes historical developments, the book is above all essential for the future.
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Author: Rich Nathaniel
Language: Czech
Publication date: September 29, 2020
Manufacturer: HOST - vydavatelství, s.r.o.
Genres: Environment and ecology, Non-fiction literature, Books, Specialized and technical literature, Natural sciences
Type: Books - paperback
Pages: 200
ISBN/EAN: 9788027503032