WAKING UP TO CLIMATE CHANGE

For 15 years, author George Ropes has followed the unfolding story of climate change for the timely website. Along the way, he has covered myriad individual research studies, innovations, catastrophes, and signs of progress, from the resurgence of sustainable communities to lessons learned from the Australian wildfires. This enlightening book presents a selection of these key writings to describe the multifaceted ways that climate change affects

Looking at these five dimensions of the crisis, Waking Up to Climate Change illuminates how we all can play a crucial part in our beautiful planet's health and survival.

Contents:

• Dedication
• Preface
• Introduction: Waking Up to Climate Change
• Energy:
  • Coal, Oil, and Gas
  • Energy Sources in Transition
  • Transportation
  • Innovation and Technology
• Weather and Climate:
  • Extreme Weather
  • Oceans and Coasts
• Consequences for Nature and People:
  • Deforestation, Fires, and Species Extinction
  • Famine and Food Security
  • Cities and Power Outages
  • Migration, Conflict, and Population
• Laws and Leaders:
  • International Action
  • Ups and Downs: The Role of the United States
  • China, India, Europe, and the Oil Producers
  • Heroes
• Finance
• Conclusion: We are Waking Up to the Climate Crisis — Now What?:
  • To-Do List for the Planet
  • Taking Steps
  • The Path Ahead
• Appendices
  • Climate You.org Sources/li>
  • International and US Timeline Tables
  • Climate Change Organizations Throughout the World
• Acknowledgments
• Index
• About the Author

Readership: Advocates, Policymakers, and Government officials for institutional and governmental policies that mitigate or adapt to climate impacts; general readers interested in obtaining a deeper understanding of the crisis and impact of climate change and what individuals can do to change our course.

'A compelling synthesis to galvanise urgent action on the climate crisis.' - Janet BolithoPort Phillip Emergency Climate Action NetworkVictoria, Australia

'Highly accessible. Clearly presents the undeniable challenges of climate change but also the solutions necessary for a global response.' - Reginald A BlakeDean of Curriculum and ResearchNYC College of Technology, CUNY

'Offers numerous top-down and bottom-up recommendations on how to mitigate the worst effects. A mandatory read.' - David RindClimate ScientistNASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Emeritus

'This is the book people who care about our climate have been waiting for.' - Tom BowmanAuthor of What if Solving the Climate Crisis is Simple?

Key Features:

• Waking Up to Climate Change tracks the progress of climate change through contemporary pieces written for ClimateYou.org, one of the oldest websites covering the issue. Through these short writings, the book captures the crescendo of climate change developments over time, highlighting new research studies, innovations, climate catastrophes, and national and international progress towards action as they occurred
• Waking Up to Climate Change differs from competing titles by covering fascinating insights across the broad dimensions of energy, weather and climate, consequences to people and nature, politics, players, finance and economics
• Waking Up to Climate Change inspires hope about climate change because it gives readers key information about the many solutions to climate change that either already exist or are in the pipeline. Readers come away confident that solutions to climate change are possible