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Humanity's moment : a climate scientist's case for hope / Joëlle Gergis.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gergis, Joëlle, author.
Contributor:
Penn Libraries Book Prize in Sustainability (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
International Panel on Climate Change.
Climatic changes.
Greenhouse gas mitigation.
Sustainable living.
Climate and civilization.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (vii, 325 pages)
Place of Publication:
Washington : Island Press, [2023]
Contents:
Prologue Life on the frontline
Part 1 The head / Chapter 1 Elemental Earth
Chapter 2 The age of consequences
Chapter 3 Fork in the road
Chapter 4 Gradually, then suddenly
Part 2 The heart / Chapter 5 Where the battle has been lost
Chapter 6 Sea of humanity
Chapter 7 Lost worlds
Chapter 8 A thousand generations
Part 3 The whole / Chapter 9 In all darkness, there is light
Chapter 10 A new kind of politics
Chapter 11 Life imitating art
Chapter 12 Revolutions seem impossible until they become inevitable
Epilogue Homecoming
Acknowledgements
References
Permissions
Index.
Notes:
First published in Australia in 2022 by Black Inc.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
Penn Libraries Book Prize in Sustainability - Shortlist, 2024
ISBN:
9781642832853 (electronic bk.)
1642832855 (electronic bk.)
Publisher Number:
99994053268
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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