Can Science Fix Climate Change?: A Case Against Climate Engineering

by Mike Hulme

Book Overview

Climate change seems to be an insurmountable problem. Political solutions have so far had little impact. Some scientists are now advocating the so-called 'Plan B', a more direct way of reducing the rate of future warming by reflecting more sunlight back to space, creating a thermostat in the sky.

In this book, Mike Hulme argues against this kind of hubristic techno-fix. Drawing upon a distinguished career studying the science, politics and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745682065
• ISBN13: 9780745682068
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.4"