Into the clear blue sky : the path to restoring our atmosphere / Rob Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Rob, 1961- author.

Contributor:

Penn Libraries Book Prize in Sustainability (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Air--Pollution.

Air.

Air--Pollution--Prevention.

Greenhouse gas mitigation.

Greenhouse gases.

Climatic changes.

Pollution prevention.

Environmental protection.

climate change.

environmental protection.

Physical Description:

xxv, 277 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Scribner hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Scribner, 2024.

Summary:

In Into the Clear Blue Sky, climate scientist and chair of the Global Carbon Project Rob Jackson explains that we need to redefine our goals. As he argues here, we shouldn't only be trying to stabilize the Earth's temperature at some arbitrary value. Instead, we can restore the atmosphere itself in a lifetime--and this should be our moral duty. Restoring the atmosphere means reducing the amount of greenhouse gases in the air to pre-industrial levels--starting with super-potent methane--to heal the harm we have done. Emissions must be cut, first and foremost. But to safeguard a livable planet for future generations, we must repair the damage we have caused.

Contents:

Prologue

Introduction

Part I: Emissions first. Fair shares

Home on the range

Planet of the cows

REVed up

Stop the steel

Pipe dreams

CFC repair

Part II: Drawdown last

Drawdown

Out of gas

Stoned

RePeat

X-methane

Part III: End to end. Implausible deniability

Some heroes to zero

Into the clear

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Penn Libraries Book Prize in Sustainability - Shortlist, 2025

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-263) and index.

ISBN:

9781668023266

1668023261

OCLC:

1405188262

Publisher Number:

90100033289