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The Resource Climate of hope : how cities, businesses, and citizens can save the planet, Michael Bloomberg, Carl Pope

Climate of hope : how cities, businesses, and citizens can save the planet, Michael Bloomberg, Carl Pope

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"In 2006, the documentary An Inconvenient Truth set off a heated political debate when it threatened that inaction on climate change would lead to a dark and frightening future by 2016. Well, that ten year window has closed--and we have neither resolved the threats to our climate, nor gone past the point of no return. To Mayor Bloomberg and Carl Pope, it's clear that to treat climate change as either a lost cause or a non-issue is the wrong approach. Global leaders are stymied by the enormity of the doom-and-gloom scenarios. So what happens when you tell leaders that they can definitely--right now, this year--reduce the number of children who have asthma attacks, save thousands of Americans from dying of respiratory disease, cut energy bills, increase the security of our energy supply, make it easier for everyone to get around town, increase the number of jobs in their community--all while increasing the long-term stability of the global climate? That is actionable. That future is within our grasp. The changing climate should be seen as a series of discreet, manageable problems that should be attacked from all angles, each with a solution that can make our society healthier and our economy stronger. In these times, when it's less and less clear if the federal government will be willing to tackle climate change, Bloomberg and Pope lay out a powerfully persuasive argument about how cities can play an outsize role in fighting and reversing the dangerous effects of a warming planet. Together they lay out the economic and personal health reasons for businesses and individual citizens to support climate change action plans"--
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
264 pages
Contents
  • Part I. Coming to climate. Going after Goliath
  • PlaNYC
  • Part II. What it is and why it matters. The science
  • The stakes
  • Part III. Coal to clean energy. Coal's toll
  • Green power
  • Part IV. Green living. Where we live
  • How we eat
  • Part V. Travel directions. Cities take the wheel
  • Oil's twilight
  • Part VI. Cool capitalism. What we make
  • How we invest
  • Part VII. Adapting to change. A resilient world
  • New normals
  • Conclusion. The way forward
Isbn
9781250142078
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Climate of hope : how cities, businesses, and citizens can save the planet
Title
Climate of hope
Title remainder
how cities, businesses, and citizens can save the planet
Statement of responsibility
Michael Bloomberg, Carl Pope
Creator
Contributor
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"In 2006, the documentary An Inconvenient Truth set off a heated political debate when it threatened that inaction on climate change would lead to a dark and frightening future by 2016. Well, that ten year window has closed--and we have neither resolved the threats to our climate, nor gone past the point of no return. To Mayor Bloomberg and Carl Pope, it's clear that to treat climate change as either a lost cause or a non-issue is the wrong approach. Global leaders are stymied by the enormity of the doom-and-gloom scenarios. So what happens when you tell leaders that they can definitely--right now, this year--reduce the number of children who have asthma attacks, save thousands of Americans from dying of respiratory disease, cut energy bills, increase the security of our energy supply, make it easier for everyone to get around town, increase the number of jobs in their community--all while increasing the long-term stability of the global climate? That is actionable. That future is within our grasp. The changing climate should be seen as a series of discreet, manageable problems that should be attacked from all angles, each with a solution that can make our society healthier and our economy stronger. In these times, when it's less and less clear if the federal government will be willing to tackle climate change, Bloomberg and Pope lay out a powerfully persuasive argument about how cities can play an outsize role in fighting and reversing the dangerous effects of a warming planet. Together they lay out the economic and personal health reasons for businesses and individual citizens to support climate change action plans"--
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Bloomberg, Michael
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  • illustrations
  • maps
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no index present
Literary form
non fiction
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Pope, Carl
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  • Climatic changes
  • Climatic changes
  • Global warming
  • Global warming
  • Climate change mitigation
  • Climat
  • Climat
  • Réchauffement de la Terre
  • Réchauffement de la Terre
  • Climat
  • Climate change mitigation
  • Climatic changes
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE
  • Climatic changes
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE
  • Global warming
  • SCIENCE
  • Global warming
  • Climate
  • Climate
  • Global warming
  • Global warming
  • Environmental protection
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Climate of hope : how cities, businesses, and citizens can save the planet, Michael Bloomberg, Carl Pope
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Contents
Part I. Coming to climate. Going after Goliath -- PlaNYC -- Part II. What it is and why it matters. The science -- The stakes -- Part III. Coal to clean energy. Coal's toll -- Green power -- Part IV. Green living. Where we live -- How we eat -- Part V. Travel directions. Cities take the wheel -- Oil's twilight -- Part VI. Cool capitalism. What we make -- How we invest -- Part VII. Adapting to change. A resilient world -- New normals -- Conclusion. The way forward
Control code
962051568
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
264 pages
Isbn
9781250142078
Lccn
2016055992
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
Other physical details
color illustrations, color maps
Specific material designation
regular print
System control number
(OCoLC)962051568
Label
Climate of hope : how cities, businesses, and citizens can save the planet, Michael Bloomberg, Carl Pope
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Part I. Coming to climate. Going after Goliath -- PlaNYC -- Part II. What it is and why it matters. The science -- The stakes -- Part III. Coal to clean energy. Coal's toll -- Green power -- Part IV. Green living. Where we live -- How we eat -- Part V. Travel directions. Cities take the wheel -- Oil's twilight -- Part VI. Cool capitalism. What we make -- How we invest -- Part VII. Adapting to change. A resilient world -- New normals -- Conclusion. The way forward
Control code
962051568
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
264 pages
Isbn
9781250142078
Lccn
2016055992
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
Other physical details
color illustrations, color maps
Specific material designation
regular print
System control number
(OCoLC)962051568

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