The burning question
Subtitle: we can't burn half the world's oil, coal and gas. So how do we quit?
By: Mike Berners-Lee, Duncan Clark
Contributors: Clark, Duncan (Duncan Antony), author; David Suzuki Foundation
Publisher: Greystone Books
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781771640084; 9781306441667; 9781771640077
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Climatic changes; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Environmental aspects; Global warming; General; Infrastructure; Prevention; Fossil fuels; Sustainable living; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Description: "The Burning Question reveals climate change to be the most urgent scientific, political and social puzzle in history. It shows that carbon emissions are still accelerating upwards, following an exponential curve that goes back centuries. Tackling global warming will mean persuading the world to abandon oil, coal and gas reserves worth many trillions of dollars. The burning question is whether that can be done. What mix of politics, psychology, economics and technology might be required? Are the energy companies massively overvalued, and how will carbon cuts affect the global economy? Will we wake up to the threat in time? And who can do what to make it all happen?"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: "The David Suzuki Foundation."

"First published in Great Britain in 2013 by Profile Books Ltd."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Bill McKibben; title: Introduction; title: Part 1. A problem of abundance. The curve; title: Heading for trouble fast; title: The trillion-tonne limit; title: Too much fuel in the ground; title: No deal on the horizon; title: Part 2. Squeezing a balloon. Rebounds and ripples; title: People, money and technology; title: Part 3. What's stopping us?. The write-off; title: The growth debate; title: The great global slumber; title: The problem of sharing; title: Part 4. Not just fossil fuels. The supporting cast; title: Food, forests and fuels; title: Part 5. What now?. Waking up; title: Capping the carbon; title: Pushing the right technologies : hard; title: Dealing with land and smoke; title: Making a plan B; title: What can I do?