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Now or Never

Why We Must Act Now to End Climate Change and Create a Sustainable Future

by Tim Flannery
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A forceful call to climate change action and a pragmatic roadmap toward sustainability from the internationally acclaimed author of The Weather Makers.
 
Utilizing the most up-to-the-minute data available, Tim Flannery offers a guided tour of the environmental challenges we face and their potential solutions in both the big picture and in specific detail. He explores everything from techniques for storing the carbon that dead plants release into the earth to the fragile balancing act between energy demands and food supply in India and China, from carbon-trading schemes in South America to a collaboration between a Danish wind-energy company and an automobile manufacturer that may produce a viable electric car and end the reign of big oil.
 
Now or Never is a powerful, thought-provoking, and essential book about the most urgent issue of our time. It burns with Flannery’s characteristic mix of passion, scientific precision, and “offhand interdisciplinary brilliance” (Entertainment Weekly).
 
“Shocking . . . [Flannery] writes for a general audience with passion and clarity.” —Jim Hansen

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  • Release date

    October 6, 2009

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      • ISBN: 9780802198969

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      • ISBN: 9780802198969
      • File size: 2248 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 15, 2009
      Flannery (The Weather Makers
      ) makes a valuable contribution to global warming literature with this slim and eloquent brief that challenges readers to dispense with the dangerous notion that “the earth was made for us”—a convenient extrapolation of social Darwinism that the author argues is used to justify reckless treatment of the environment and smacks of embarrassing impracticality and myopia. He states that humans were made to shepherd the Earth through environmental crises and contribute to the efficiency of its massive metabolism; humans are the brains of this complex system and must make bold choices to either save the corpus totum
      or destroy it. A re-evaluation of human purpose on Earth is required, Flannery maintains, with a true understanding of sustainability removed from trendy “green” marketing connotations. Flannery's compelling arguments and accessible language will move the passive bystander, persuade the skeptic and rouse the activist.

    • Library Journal

      Starred review from September 1, 2009
      In this essay on climate change, Australian scientist and author Flannery ("The Weather Makers") cites findings from several recent climate reports that forecast dire consequences for our planet attributed to an increase in carbon emissions. Making a compelling call to action, he explains how and why we have reached this environmental tipping point and suggests simultaneous approaches to reach a sustainable future. One idea for carbon reduction is a joint collaboration already under way between a Danish wind-energy company and an automobile manufacturer that may produce a viable electric car. To help with carbon capture, Flannery suggests a carbon trading scheme in the forests of South America and several solutions that link carbon sequestration and food production using holistic management techniques. VERDICT Flannery's brief but eloquent book challenges all citizens of the developed countries to take responsibility for the fate of our planet by living a sustainable lifestyle. An essential read. [Eight-city tour; see Prepub Alert, "LJ" 6/15/09.]Eva Lautemann, Georgia Perimeter Coll. Lib., Clarkston

      Copyright 2009 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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