An inconvenient truth : the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it / Global warming. Global warming Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric. Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric Environmental policy Environmental protection Human ecology.
Gore, Albert, 1948-
An inconvenient truth : the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it / Al Gore. - 1st ed. - London : Bloomsbury, c2006. - 325 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps, ports. ; 23 cm. - Premier's reading challenge Yr 7 - 9 .
Originally published: [Emmaes, PN] : Rodale, 2006. Movie tie-in.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- A scientific hero : Roger Revelle -- A turning point -- Concrete and countryside -- From pole to shining pole -- Across the wilderness -- Serving for the public good -- My sister -- The politicization of global warming -- So here's what you personally can do to help solve the climate crisis -- Save energy at home -- Get around on less -- Consume less, conserve more -- Be a catalyst for change.
"Our climate crisis may at times appear to be happening slowly, but it fact it is happening very quickly - and has become a true planetary emergency. The Chinese expression for crisis consists of two characters. The first is a symbol for danger ; the second is a symbol for opportunity. In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and more through it, we first have to recognize that we are facing a crisis. So why is that out leaders seem not to hear such clarion warnings? Are they resisting the truth because they know that the moment they acknowledge it, they will face a moral imperative to act? Is it simply more convenient to ignore the warnings? Perhaps, but inconvenient truths do not go away just because they are not seen. Indeed when they are not responded to, their significance doesn't dimish ; it grows." -- back cover.
General.
0747589062 (pbk.) 9780747589068 (pbk.)
GBA667195 bnb
Global warming.
Global warming--Government policy--United States.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric--Government policy--United States.
Environmental policy--United States.
Environmental protection--United States.
Human ecology.
Climatic shifts Greenhouse effect Natural resource management United States Gore, Al Biography
QC981.8.G56.G67 2006
363.738 363.73874
An inconvenient truth : the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it / Al Gore. - 1st ed. - London : Bloomsbury, c2006. - 325 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps, ports. ; 23 cm. - Premier's reading challenge Yr 7 - 9 .
Originally published: [Emmaes, PN] : Rodale, 2006. Movie tie-in.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- A scientific hero : Roger Revelle -- A turning point -- Concrete and countryside -- From pole to shining pole -- Across the wilderness -- Serving for the public good -- My sister -- The politicization of global warming -- So here's what you personally can do to help solve the climate crisis -- Save energy at home -- Get around on less -- Consume less, conserve more -- Be a catalyst for change.
"Our climate crisis may at times appear to be happening slowly, but it fact it is happening very quickly - and has become a true planetary emergency. The Chinese expression for crisis consists of two characters. The first is a symbol for danger ; the second is a symbol for opportunity. In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and more through it, we first have to recognize that we are facing a crisis. So why is that out leaders seem not to hear such clarion warnings? Are they resisting the truth because they know that the moment they acknowledge it, they will face a moral imperative to act? Is it simply more convenient to ignore the warnings? Perhaps, but inconvenient truths do not go away just because they are not seen. Indeed when they are not responded to, their significance doesn't dimish ; it grows." -- back cover.
General.
0747589062 (pbk.) 9780747589068 (pbk.)
GBA667195 bnb
Global warming.
Global warming--Government policy--United States.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric--Government policy--United States.
Environmental policy--United States.
Environmental protection--United States.
Human ecology.
Climatic shifts Greenhouse effect Natural resource management United States Gore, Al Biography
QC981.8.G56.G67 2006
363.738 363.73874