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The Sunday Telegraph, 18 February, 2007
A wonderfully accessible and instructive book in the `Rough Guide' series.
The Ecologist, March 2008
Concise, lucid and well-researched.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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This book presents a comprehensive review of the science, the social and environmental issues and the debates surrounding climate change, as well as reviewing various proposed ways of addressing the issues. The book is very accessible and well structured. It also deals with the common sceptical arguments thoroughly. The media tend to deal with issues such as climate change by presenting the case for and the case against as though they had equal backing, even where this is clearly not the case. This book provides a thorough review of the overwhelming scientific concensus that climate change is happening and of its causes. It leaves you with little doubt that the planet is warming and that this is caused by human activities. My only criticism would be that, after having clearly set out the enormity of the challenge facing humanity, the chapter about what we could do personally felt a little flimsy and left me feeling that global action is highly unlikely to be swift and far-reaching enough to address the problem.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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This book was my big summer read and I'm a great fan of it. Particularly good if you want to know the state of the science on climate change (second edition published January 2008), whether it's studies on why air travel is so damaging, to the massive upwards uncertainties about how fast the Arctic is melting and how high sea levels could rise. I work on some aspects of climate change but needed a much broader overview - this book has given it to me in an accessible way. The tone is balanced rather than polemical and packed full of information. The visuals and the writing style are great and break it down into bite-sized chunks. It shows you how big the challenge is, and it also takes you clearly through the steps that governments and economies will need to make, and the climate reasons why the timetable is tough. The steps on individual action are not really the focus of this book but are very practical.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I'm a big fan of the Rough Guide reference series and already own a fair few (which are great), but this one stands out amounts them.
Robert Henson has done fantastic job, he covers almost all of the issues related to climate change from science to politics and unlike the name suggest it is hardly a rough guide and goes into quite a lot of detail.
If you are interested in CC I strongly recommend this book. The Rough Guide to the Energy Crisis is a good follow up/complementary read. I'm off to buy the Rough Guide to Weather.
Robert Henson has done fantastic job, he covers almost all of the issues related to climate change from science to politics and unlike the name suggest it is hardly a rough guide and goes into quite a lot of detail.
If you are interested in CC I strongly recommend this book. The Rough Guide to the Energy Crisis is a good follow up/complementary read. I'm off to buy the Rough Guide to Weather.
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The title of this book is misleading: it should read Global Warming, because this is what the author promotes in an unambiguous fashion. Read more
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I never realised that the subject of climate change could be so boring. The first half of the book is fact after fact after fact. Read more
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