Opis: Climate Change for Football Fans - James Atkins

Climate change is a hot topic but getting people interested in it and explaining it to them is hard. This book makes it interesting. As the author says: This book is about climate change policy, one of the most boring topics in the world. So it also includes stuff about football, which is one of the most interesting subjects in the world. It's written as a series of conversations between Joe, a football-mad Burnley FC fan, and Professor Igor who's obsessed with climate change. Joe thinks worrying about climate change is a waste of time, and Igor can't understand why 22 grown men would put on shorts and run around after a ball. It's funny, written in the earthy and irreverent language of the football fan. It works as a story, with good cartoon illustrations. But the serious sub-text about climate change also works -- education by stealth. At the back of the book there is a Notes section, summarizing all the serious climate-change material. This lets the reader look up the important messages in the book without having to stand on the terraces. The book has broad appeal: girlfriends who want to improve their football-mad boyfriends, teachers who wish to motivate reluctant students with the football tag, people who just enjoy an unusual read, and of course those interested in the economics and science of climate change. It is unique and a typical book from an independent press -- a zany title that's perfect for Christmas. Football supporters will never see the world in the same way after reading this book. Professor David JC MacKay Author of Sustainable Energy - without the hot air Even those flawed souls who find climate change more engaging than football will enjoy this quirky take on how to save the planet. Siobhan Parkinson Author and Ireland's Laureate for Children's Literature James Atkins has done the impossible by making the arcane jargon-rich reality of climate policy & science accessible, understandable and fun. Paul Clements-Hunt Head, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative1. In the pub 2. Getting started 3. People not machines 4. Dimensions 5. Finding the reasons 6. In the mind 7. Routine 8. Digging deeper 9. Mirages 10. Why it's hard to cut emissions 11. More on why it's hard 12. PSV Eindhoven 13. Uncle Frank and democracy 14. The distribution of power 15. Instincts 16. Culture 17. Values 18. Disasters 19. Other animals 20. Vested interests 21. The thin blue line 22. A brush with the carabinieri 23. When in Rome 24. When in Bonn 25. The time it takes 26. Overwhelming complexity 27. Real progress 28. Christmas crisis 29. The wrong targets 30. Marbles 31. Efficiency and redundancy 32. Resolution 33. The wrong comparison 34. The wrong numbers 35. Winging it 36. A new stadium 37. The Great White Hope 38. Write-offs 39. Price of a ticket 40. When money's no object 41. Pricing and industry 42. Signals 43. False choice 44. Le prix d'une biere 45. The madness of long-termism 46. Praying 47. A night on Pendle Hill 48. Joe's dream 49. The first years 50. Vision 51. The Burnley Protocol 52. A bond with nature 53. Making the bond 54. Blackburn 55. Therapy 56. Buying power 57. St Petersberg 58. One rule for the rich 59. The deal with Joe 60. The Englishman's home 61. Transport miracles 62. Shopping 63. Food 64. Endangered species 65. The essence 66. The choice 67. The last alternative 68. Happening now 69. The limits of reason 70. The prize 71. The note book Epilogue Notes.

Szczegóły: Climate Change for Football Fans - James Atkins

Tytuł: Climate Change for Football Fans
Autor: James Atkins
Producent: UIT Cambridge
ISBN: 9781906860356
Rok produkcji: 2010
Ilość stron: 334
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.25 kg

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