Climate change is one of the greatest threats that humankind faces in the 21st century. The next hundred years could see coastlines & islands submerged & a surge in heatwaves hurricanes droughts floods & therefore in pests disease famine & displacement. While government & industry dither this book argues we could all cut our personal greenhouse gas emissions by 60%
- the level necessary to halt the current trend according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. After summarising today's state of affairs scientifically & politically climatologist Dave Reay explores the climate impact of housing gardening food money work transport death even. Packed with provocative case studies calculations & lifestyle comparisons this entertaining & authoritative book makes the complexities of climatology tractable & challenges readers to rethink their notions of 'doing their bit'.