Exploring climate change through science and in society : an anthology of Mike Hulme's essays, interviews and speeches / Mike Hulme ; with a foreword by Matthew C. Nisbet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hulme, Mike, 1960-

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. 2013

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--Social aspects.

Environmental economics.

Physical Description:

xxi, 330 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Earthscan, from Routledge, 2013.

Summary:

"Mike Hulme is one of the most distinctive and recognisable voices speaking internationally about climate change in the academy, in public and in the media. This collection of his most popular, prominent and controversial articles, essays, speeches, interviews and reviews dating back to the late 1980s reveal an intellectual and personal journey of observation, investigation and reflection on an increasingly complex phenomenon and trace how Hulme has arrived at his current position. The material in Exploring Climate Change in Science and Society engages with science, politics, policy, media, ethics, sociology, religion and philosophy. The collection shows the many different ways in which it is necessary to approach the idea of climate change to interpret and make sense of the divergent and discordant voices proclaiming it in the public sphere"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Section 1 The public life of climate change: the first twenty-five years 1

Section 2 Science 13

Introduction 15

1 Sahel awaits the rain (1988) 19

2 Sea heat fuels hurricanes (1988) 20

3 Cold facts about winters (1988) 21

4 Nuclear autumn danger (1988) 22

5 Generalists in hot pursuit (1989) 24

6 Global warming in the twenty-first century: an issue for Less Developed Countries (1990) 26

7 How good is technology's weather eye? 34

8 Introducing climate change (with Elaine Barrow) (1997) 37

9 Climate of uncertainty (1999) 42

10 There is no longer such a thing as a purely natural weather event (2000) 45

11 Something to clear the air (2006) 47

12 To what climate are we adapting? (2008) 51

13 Do we need better predictions to adapt to a changing climate? (with co-authors) (2009) 54

14 On the origin of the greenhouse effect: John Tyndall's 1859 interrogation of Nature (2009) 58

Section 3 Researching 65

Introduction 66

15 Launching the Tyndall Centre (2000) 69

16 The Tyndall Centre, inter-disciplinary research and funding (2005) 72

17 The appliance of science (2007) 85

18 Geographical work at the boundaries of climate change (2007) 89

19 Mapping climate change knowledge (2010) 98

20 Meet the humanities (2011) 106

Section 4 Culture 111

Introduction 112

21 Rainbows in the greenhouse (1990) 115

22 On John Constable's Cloud Study (2007) 122

23 Climate security: the new determinism (2007) 124

24 A cultural history of climate (2010) 128

25 Learning to live with re-created climates (2010) 134

26 A town called Bygdaby (2011) 139

Section 5 Policy 143

Introduction 145

27 Whistling in the dark (with Martin Parry) (1997) 149

28 Choice is all (2000) 151

29 Pie in the sky tops this G8's wish list (2005) 154

30 A non-skeptical heresy: taking the science out of climate change (2007) 158

31 The limits of the Stern Review for climate change policy-making (2007) 163

32 Setting goals for global climate governance (2007) 166

33 Climate refugees: cause for a new agreement? (2008) 170

34 Moving beyond climate change (2010) 174

35 Climate intervention schemes could be undone by geopolitics (2010) 182

36 On the 'two degrees' climate policy target (2012) 187

Section 6 Communicating 191

Introduction 192

37 Chaotic world of climate truth (2006) 195

38 Less heat, more light, please (2008) 198

39 What was the Copenhagen climate change conference really about? (2009) 200

40 Climate change: no Eden, no apocalypse (2009) 204

41 Heated debate (2010) 207

42 You've been framed (2011) 210

Section 7 Controversy 213

Introduction 215

43 Top British boffin: time to ditch the climate consensus (2009) 219

44 'Show your working': what Climategate means (with Jerry Ravetz) (2009) 223

45 The science and politics of climate change (2009) 227

46 A changing climate for the IPCC (2010) 230

47 Climategate, scientific controversy and the politics of climate change (2010) 233

48 The IPCC on trial: experimentation continues (2010) 245

49 The year climate science was redefined (2010) 249

50 After Climategate ... never the same (2013) 252

Section 8 Futures 265

Introduction 266

51 Forty ways to change a world climate (2001) 269

52 Save the world without being an eco-bore (2004) 272

53 Climate change: from issue to magnifier (2007) 275

54 Amid the financial storm: re-directing climate change (2008) 279

55 A bleak analysis (2010) 283

Section 9 Reactions to Why We Disagree About Climate Change 287.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415811635

9780415811620

0415811627

9780415811637

OCLC:

841186842

Publisher Number:

99955959194