num_pages: 256
description: A decade ago Tim Flannerys #1 international bestseller The Weather Makers  was one of the first books to break the topic of climate change out into the general conversation. Today Earths climate system is fast approaching a crisis. Political leadership has not kept up and public engagement with the issue of climate change has declined. Opinion is divided between technological optimists and pessimists who feel that catastrophe is inevitable. The publication of this new book is timed for the lead-up to the Climate Change Conference in Paris in December 2015 which aims to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate from all the nations in the world. This book anticipates and will influence the debates.Time is running out but catastrophe is not inevitable. Around the world people are now living with the consequences of an altered climatewith intensified and more frequent storms wildfires droughts and floods. For some its already a question of survival. Drawing on the latest science Flannery gives a snapshot of the trouble we are in and more crucially proposes a new way forward including rapidly progressing clean technologies and a third way of soft geo-engineering. Tim Flannery with his inimitable style makes this urgent issue compelling and accessible. This is a must-read for anyone interested in our global future.
language: English
title: Atmosphere of Hope: Searching for Solutions to the Climate Crisis
publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press