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How are we going to explain this? : our future on a hot earth / Jelmer Mommers ; translated by Laura Vroomen and Anna Asbury.
Van Pelt Library QC903 .M65813 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mommers, Jelmer, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Hoe gaan we dit uitleggen. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Global warming--Popular works.
- Global warming.
- Climatic changes--Popular works.
- Climatic changes.
- Environmentalism--Popular works.
- Environmentalism.
- Sustainable living.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 206 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First Scribner trade paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Scribner, 2020.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Dutch.
- Summary:
- Draws on up-to-date science to outline specific steps that must be taken individually and collectively to mitigate, prevent and reverse catastrophic environmental damage.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I What's the Problem?
- 1. How We Got into Trouble
- 2. There's Something in the Air
- 3. All Bets Are Off
- pt. II Where Are We Headed?
- 4. It's Not Too Late
- 5. Future Scenario 1: Walls
- 6. Future Scenario 2: Forests
- pt. III What Can We Do?
- 7. Alternatives and Opportunities
- 8. The Battle of the Century
- 9. The Power of Small Changes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-203).
- "Originally published in the Netherlands in 2020 as Hoe gaan we dit uitleggen by De Correspondent"--Title page verso.
- "Previously published in Great Britain in 2020 by Profile Books Ltd."--Title page verso.
- ISBN:
- 1982163135
- 9781982163136
- OCLC:
- 1153474317
- Publisher Number:
- 99985842030
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