Product details
- Categories: Energy and Environment, February 2019, Environnement
- Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN: 9781108439589
- Publication Date: 31/01/2019
- Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 300
- Language: English
Summary
Feeding the world, climate change, biodiversity, antibiotics, plastics – the list of concerns seems endless. But what is most pressing, what are the knock-on effects of our actions, and what should we do first? Do we all need to become vegetarian? How can we fly in a low-carbon world? Should we frack? How can we take control of technology? Does it all come down to population? And, given the global nature of the challenges we now face, what on Earth can any of us do? Fortunately, Mike Berners-Lee has crunched the numbers and plotted a course of action that is practical and even enjoyable. There is No Planet B maps it out in an accessible and entertaining way, filled with astonishing facts and analysis. For the first time you'll find big-picture perspective on the environmental and economic challenges of the day laid out in one place, and traced through to the underlying roots - questions of how we live and think. This book will shock you, surprise you - and then make you laugh. And you'll find practical and even inspiring ideas for what you can actually do to help humanity thrive on this – our only – planet.
- Provides the big picture on environmental issues meeting the public's yearning for perspective and clarity about what is going on
- Offers a joined-up picture of how to improve humanity's existence on Earth: science, technology, economics, values, politics and more are all considered together, providing a coherent response that one discipline at a time can't give
- Provides an essential guide for everyone, from the layperson to policy makers
- Links the big picture to the practical providing systemic understanding and guidance on what can be done, from governments down to personal actions
Table of contents
Acknowledgments
Notes on units
1. Introduction
2. Food
3. More on climate and environment
4. Energy
5. Travel and transport
6. Growth, money and metrics
7. People and work
8. Business and technology
9. Values, truth and trust
10. Conclusion: thinking skills for today's world
11. Big picture summary
12. What can I do? Summary
Appendix: climate change basics
Alphabetical quick tour
Endnotes
Index.