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Books about Climate Change
A Listmania! list by R Hamblyn (London)

1. The Weather Makers: Our Changing Climate and what it means for Life on Earth by Tim Flannery

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	"A wise and passionate introduction to just about everything we know, and need to know, about the science of climate change."

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2. Field Notes from a Catastrophe: A Frontline Report on Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert

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	"Short, lucid, and utterly gripping; a great piece of investigative writing from a leading journalist."

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3. The Rough Guide to Climate Change (Rough Guides Reference Titles) by Robert Henson

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	"One of the best general overviews of the science, the arguments, and the options that we currently face."

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4. The Atlas of Climate Change: Mapping the World's Greatest Challenge by Kirstin Dow

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	"Presenting the argument visually rather than verbally, this is a powerful set of pictorial and graphic statements of the likely consequences of pursuing business as usual."

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5. Global Warning: The Last Chance for Change by Paul Brown

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	"Well-written and beautifully designed, this takes a thematic approach to the various issues at stake."

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6. Heat: How We Can Stop the Planet Burning by George Monbiot

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	"A visionary activist puts forward his argument for a 90% cut in greenhouse gas emissions. Politically impossible, perhaps, but the argument remains sound."

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7. An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About it by Al Gore

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	"The book of the film (as well as of the Nobel Peace Prize); Gore makes his case with passion and conviction, and any 'errors' it contains are errors of emphasis rather than substance."

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8. The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review by Nicholas Stern

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	"Deeply researched, authoritative, and surprisingly readable, Stern makes the economic case that the world cannot afford not to begin to stabilise its CO2 emissions."

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9. Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet by Mark Lynas

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	"This comes from the alarmist wing of the climate change spectrum, but it is nonetheless a passionate and disturbing vision of a world in the grip of runaway warming."

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10. Greenhouse: The 200 Year Story of Global Warming by Gale Christianson

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	"An excellent introduction to the history of climate science, this takes us from the outset of the Industrial Revolution to the signing of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997."

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11. The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change: A Guide to the Debate by Professor Andrew E. Dessler

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	"Covering the political and cultural confusion that currently passes for climate change debate, this is a sometimes depressing reminder of the widespread political misuse of science and statistics."

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12. Historical Perspectives on Climate Change by James Rodger Fleming

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	"Fleming offers a brief historical overview of the development of climate change science, as well as some acute reflections on uncertainty and the scientific method."

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13. Granta 83: This Overheating World (Granta: The Magazine of New Writing) by Ian Jack

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	"A varied and insightful collection of writerly pieces on the subject of our warming world, including contributions from Bill McKibben, Thomas Keneally and Mark Lynas."

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14. Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate by William F. Ruddiman

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	"Rudimann argues that humans have been influencing Earth's climate for far longer than 200 years - more like 8,000 years, in fact, ever since the development of irrigation agriculture."

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15. Climate Change What it Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren: What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren (American and ... and Comparative Environmental Policy Series) by Joseph F C Dimento

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	"Another valuable anthology, with up-to-date entries covering science, politics and press coverage, as well as conflicting public attitudes to the issue of climate change."

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The Rough Guide to Climate Change (Rough Guides Reference Titles)

The Atlas of Climate Change: Mapping the World's Greatest Challenge

Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet

The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change: A Guide to the Debate

Granta 83: This Overheating World (Granta: The Magazine of New Writing)

Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate

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