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Solving the climate crisis, frontline reports from the race to save the Earth, John J. Berger, PhD ; introduction by Senator Russ Feingold

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

Solving the climate crisis

bibliography

John J. Berger, PhD ; introduction by Senator Russ Feingold

frontline reports from the race to save the Earth

"Solving the Climate Crisis is a critical resource that makes a believable and detailed case that there is a path forward to save our environment. Using today's technology and without presuming a dramatically different sociopolitical reality from the one in which we already live, the book focuses on three essential areas for action: the technological dimension: move to 100% clean renewable energy as fast as we possibly can; the ecological dimension: enhance and protect natural ecosystems (protect, restore, and plant forests, and alter how we grow, process, and consume food); the social dimension: updating and creating new laws, policies and economic measures, and recentering human values. Based on more than 6 years of research, Berger traveled the nation and abroad to interview governors, mayors, ranchers, scientists, engineers, business leaders, energy experts, and financiers as well as carbon farmers, solar and wind innovators, forest protectors, non-profit leaders, and activists. With real world examples, an explanation of cutting-edge technologies in solar and wind, and political organizing tactics, Solving the Climate Crisis provides a practical road map for how we effectively combat climate change. Replacing the fossil-fuel system with a newly invigorated, modernized, clean-energy economy will produce tens of millions of new jobs and save trillions of dollars. Protecting the climate is thus potentially the greatest economic opportunity of our time"--, Provided by publisher

Foreword / by Russ Feingold -- Daunting challenges, rays of hope -- Show me the money : paying for the clean-energy transformation -- More smart ways to finance the transformation -- "The world's biggest energy 'source'" -- 100 percent clean energy for all -- Beyond fumes : 100 percent clean transportation -- Soaring the skies, sailing the waves--cleanly -- Putting captured CO2 to work -- A plant-based economy -- Green cement and steel -- Visionary mayors, green cities -- Reinventing agriculture -- Forest savers and fixers -- New laws and policies -- Climate diplomacy : getting to yes -- Geoengineering : friend or foe? -- A just, clean-energy transition for all -- Conclusions: What we can do to restabilize the climate? -- Coda: Recommended climate policies and strategies--the "to do" list