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The Hot Topic: How to Tackle Global Warming and Still Keep the Lights on Paperback – 21 Jan. 2008

by David King (Author), Gabrielle Walker (Author)

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"The Hot Topic" is a collaborative work by one of the most respected scientists and one of the most dynamic writers in the field of climate change. Sir David King, world-renowned scientist and the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser, is widely credited with persuading Tony Blair to act on climate change and with getting key international figures around the negotiating table, and has a significant media profile. On publication of "The Hot Topic" his previous obligation not to comment publicly about New Labour's attitude to the ever-growing problem of global warming will be lifted and he will finally be able to speak out. Gabrielle Walker is a respected author, journalist and radio presenter, and a regular contributor to New Scientist, whose 8-part series "Planet Earth Under Threat" was a major success last year for BBC Radio 4. Last year awareness about global warming reached a tipping point."The Hot Topic" goes beyond a statement of the problem to address in detail what can be done to answer the challenge on a personal, social, national and international level. A clear, short and engaging book that approaches the whole issue - the present problem and the future solutions - in a straightforward way, it is bound to receive massive attention from industry, the media and government alike. While there have been many other books about the problem of climate change, none has addressed what we can and should do about it so clearly and persuasively.

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309 pages
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English
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication date

21 Jan. 2008
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20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm
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0747593957
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978-0747593959
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'In a world full of misinformation, 'The Hot Topic' is a beacon of clarity' Al Gore 'With the clarity that Gore rightly commends, they do a fine job ['The Hot Topic'] is a material gain for the axis of good' Sunday Times 'A masterful book, wonderfully well-written. It should become the authoritative statement on climate change and what to do about it for years to come.' James Lovelock, author of 'Gaia' and 'The Revenge of Gaia' --various

About the Author

Gabrielle Walker has a PhD in chemistry from Cambridge University and has taught at both Cambridge and Princeton universities. She is a consultant to New Scientist, contributes frequently to BBC radio and writes for many newspapers and magazines. She presented BBC Radio 4's Planet Earth Under Threat, and lives in London and France. Sir David King, formerly the British Government's Chief Scientific Adviser, is widely credited with persuading the UK government to act on climate change and with getting key states (including China, Russia, the USA and India) around the negotiating table. He is Director of the new School for Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (21 Jan. 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 309 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0747593957
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0747593959
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm

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Mr. M Viner

The most important book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 25 August 2016

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Read this as a warm up to my MSc in Carbon Management. Very easy to read and highly informative. Whether you're looking for an intro to climate change impacts or want to know more about the science of our climate: this is the book you should be reading as a start.

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Ian Price

Could do much better

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 19 February 2008

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This should be a serious book about a very serious subject.
More attention to detail would give the opinions put forward more credibility.
The graphs are not particularly informative for example on pp 10/11 four lines none of which is attributed or defined.
Some focussed proof reading might have helped too.
Taken at random: on page 59 we are told that a lake of 100 million SQUARE metres of water threaten a dam. How deep is that then?
On page 173 The WWF is defined as "the Worldwide Fund for Nature. The last time I looked it was The World Wildlife Fund.
Given instances such as this how much credence should we give to all the other figures put forward?

7 people found this helpful

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v mccorquodale

Excellent read, well written so that anyone

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 27 September 2016

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Excellent read, well written so that anyone, even with no prior knowledge on the subject can understand most if not all of the ideas presented.

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TT

interesting read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 28 May 2010

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Explained so that even those without a technical background can understand some of the issues surrounding climate change.

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SeanM

A good story well told

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 28 November 2010

I found this to be a very informative book on the subject. It told the story easily and in an engaging way. I particularly liked the way in which it had references at the end of the book for further reading.

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Jonathan Webber

Calm, balanced, and reasonable.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 30 July 2008

With impeccable scientific credentials, the authors calmly and carefully explain the agreements and disagreements among climate scientists and the international politics that surrounds the issue. Emphasising technological adaptation, they argue that we can meet the challenge of climate change without making and drastic lifestyle changes and with only very minor financial cost: we just need to change the way we generate energy, and consume it more efficiently. They also make recommendations for personal action, ranging from buying the right light-bulbs to pressurising politicians and businessmen into adopting the right policies.

Among the current crop of climate change books, this is a refreshingly reasonable and responsible read.

3 people found this helpful

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T-Bone

No Spin, No Hype, No Hidden Agendas! The Best Book on Global Warming Yet

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 31 January 2008

Dr, Gabrielle Walker, one of the UK's best science writers (actually one of the UKs best writers full stop) and Sir David King, the government's top science advisor whose behind-the-scenes knowledge of international energy politics is second-to-none, strip away the hyperbole and hysteria coming from all sides of the Global Warming debate and lay out the facts, the politics behind the facts and what our options are and will be as things continue to heat up. If you want to understand, discuss or-- better yet-- argue about climate change "The Hot Topic" is an invaluable resource. It also happens to be a cracking good read.

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Zebedee

Excellent introduction to a complex field

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 31 March 2008

I considered myself moderately well informed on the global warming (GW), having browsed websites, new scientist and wikipedia. I learnt a lot from this book, partly about the science, but mostly from the fascinating coverage of the political issues around GW.

It is also useful in knowing how to respond to the sceptic's points.

Overall it is a highly readable and nicely detailed (not too much to get bogged down in) account of all the surrounding issues. It is not a scare story... and does not over indulge in lurid alarmist doomsaying.

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