Título: Can Science Fix Climate Change?
Autor: Mike Hulme
Sinopse: Climate change seems to be an insurmountable problem. Political solutions have so far had little impact. Some scientists are now advocating the so-called 'Plan B', a more direct way of reducing the rate of future warming by reflecting more sunlight back to space, creating a thermostat in the sky. In this book, Mike Hulme argues against this kind of hubristic techno-fix. Drawing upon a distinguished career studying the science, politics and ethics of climate change, he shows why using science to fix the global climate is undesirable, ungovernable and unattainable. Science and technology should instead serve the more pragmatic goals of increasing societal resilience to weather risks, improving regional air quality and driving forward an energy technology transition. Seeking to reset the planets thermostat is not the answer.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Can Science Fix Climate Change?”, de Mike Hulme, publicado pela editora John Wiley & Sons, em 2014 e com 102 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: John Wiley & Sons
Páginas: 102
Ano: 2014
Edição:
Linguagem: English
ISBN: 0745685269
ISBN13: 9780745685267
