The Climate Solutions Consensus: What We Know and What To Do About It - Hardcover

National Council For Science And The Env

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1597266361 ISBN 13: 9781597266369

Publisher: Island Press, 2010

Synopsis

This book is the first major consensus statement on the solutions to climate change by the nation's leading scientists. Drawing on recommendations developed by more than 1,200 experts, it presents some 35 practical, results-oriented approaches for minimizing climate change and its impacts. "The Climate Solutions Consensus" clearly spells out options for technological, societal, and policy actions. And it deals head-on with controversial topics, including nuclear energy, ocean fertilization, and atmospheric geo-engineering.

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About the Author

The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) is a nonpartisan organization working to improve the scientific basis of environmental decisionmaking. David E. Blockstein is senior scientist with NCSE, and served as its first executive director. Leo Wiegman is founder of E to the fourth, an environmental communications firm.

Edition details

• Publisher: Island Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1597266361
• ISBN 13: 9781597266369
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 388
• Editor: David Blockstein, Leo Wiegman