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Hot: Living Through The Next Fifty Years On Earth (2011)

by Mark Hertsgaard(Favorite Author)

3.83 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0618826122 (ISBN13: 9780618826124)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

review 1: This is the last book I am going to read on climate change. The proposals for large-scale mitigation are not going to happen. I do what I can to reduce my carbon footprint but I am under no illusions as to what good it does in the larger scheme of things. Adaptation is fine but is not going to happen for the millions of poor people living in coastal areas. The wealthy can move to avoid sea level rise. But where is food going to come from to feed the 8 billion people who will inhabit the hotter planet? I will continue with my refuse, reduce, re-use, recycle habits and supporting The Nature Conservancy and driving less. But no more climate change reading for me.
review 2: Ask the Climate Question. The Climate Question asks what impacts climate change will have o... moren my neighborhood, your community, this municipality. Once you have the information, adaptations can beplanned, funded, and implemented. This is happening in King County (Seattle area), New York City, San Diego, and the Netherlands.If you are an elected official and you do not act on information vital for the survival of the community you serve, what are you doing in office?Mitigation means controlling emissions. Not good for business, (and thus climate change was denied for 8 years by the Bush administration) but we the people must push for it. less

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