What's really happening to our planet? / Tony Juniper.

By:

Juniper, Tony

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2016Edition: First American editionDescription: 223 pages : colour illustrations, colour mapsContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1465445471
9781465445476

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

333.7 JUN

Contents:

Drivers of change. The population explosion ; Economic expansion ; City planet ; Fuel for growth ; Escalating appetite ; Thirsty world ; Consuming passions -- Consequences of change. The global age ; Better lives for many ; Our changing atmosphere ; Changing the land ; Sea changes ; The great decline -- Bending the curves. The great acceleration ; What\'s the global plan? ; Shaping the future.

Summary: An environmentalist explains what climate change is doing to the environment and offers some solutions that can help reverse these dangerous trends.

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Accelerated climate change has put our planet in a dire situation - explore the records of the past and discover how we can change the future.

What's Really Happening to Our Planet? reviews the current state of our planet and how our unchecked human activity could change the world forever. It charts the dramatic explosion of human population and consumption, and its impact on climate change.

Written by leading sustainability expert Tony Juniper, with insights from globally respected scientists, politicians, and cultural leaders and thinkers, this guide examines positive ideas with a fresh perspective on how we can begin to reverse the damage we have caused.

Expect clear, informative discussion on a wealth of subjects including solar power, food waste, and mass extinction. Colorful and clear graphs, artworks, and diagrams explain the science and records of our past to show how we've got to where we are now.

What's Really Happening to Our Planet? is the most accessible guide to humanity's role in our changing planet.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An environmentalist explains what climate change is doing to the environment and offers some solutions that can help reverse these dangerous trends.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Foreword: HRH The Prince of Wales (p. 08)
Introduction (p. 10)
1 Drivers of change
The Population Explosion (p. 16)
Population shift (p. 18)
Living longer (p. 20)
Slowing the rise (p. 22)
Economic Expansion (p. 24)
What is GDP? (p. 26)
Richer people (p. 28)
Companies vs nations (p. 30)
Global power shift (p. 32)
Trading benefits (p. 34)
World debt (p. 36)
City Planet (p. 38)
Rise of megacities (p. 40)
Urban pressures (p. 42)
Fuel for Growth (p. 44)
Surge in demand (p. 46)
Energy-hungry world (p. 48)
Carbon footprint (p. 50)
Renewable revolution (p. 52)
How solar energy works (p. 54)
Wind power (p. 56)
Tidal and wave energy (p. 58)
Energy conundrum (p. 60)
Escalating Appetite (p. 62)
Farmed planet (p. 64)
Fertilizer boom (p. 66)
Pest control challenge (p. 68)
How food is wasted (p. 70)
Feeding the World (p. 72)
Threats to food supply (p. 74)
Thirsty World (p. 76)
Freshwater scarcity (p. 78)
The water cycle (p. 80)
Water footprint (p. 82)
Consuming Passions (p. 84)
Rise of consumerism (p. 86)
Wasteful world (p. 88)
Where does it all go? (p. 90)
Chemical cocktail (p. 92)
2 Consequences of change
The Global Age (p. 96)
Mobile technology (p. 98)
Taking to the skies (p. 100)
Better Lives For Many (p. 102)
Clean water and sanitation (p. 104)
Reading and writing (p. 106)
Healthier world (p. 108)
Unequal world (p. 110)
Corruption (p. 112)
The rise of terrorism (p. 114)
Displaced people (p. 116)
Our Changing Atmosphere (p. 118)
The greenhouse effect (p. 120)
Hole in the sky (p. 122)
A warmer world (p. 124)
Seasons out of sync (p. 126)
How climate patterns work (p. 128)
Extreme world (p. 130)
The two-degree limit (p. 132)
Feedback loops (p. 134)
How much can we burn? (p. 136)
The carbon crossroads (p. 138)
The carbon cycle (p. 140)
Targets for the future (p. 142)
Toxic air (p. 144)
Acid rain (p. 146)
Changing the Land (p. 148)
Forest clearance (p. 150)
Desertification (p. 152)
Land rush (p. 154)
Sea Changes (p. 156)
Farming fish (p. 158)
Acid seas (p. 160)
Dead seas (p. 162)
Plastic pollution (p. 164)
The Great Decline (p. 166)
Biodiversity hotspots (p. 168)
Invasive species (p. 170)
Nature's services (p. 172)
Insect pollination (p. 174)
The value of nature (p. 176)
3 Bending the curves
The Great Acceleration (p. 180)
Planetary boundaries (p. 182)
Interconnected pressures (p. 184)
What's the Global Plan? (p. 186)
What is working? (p. 188)
Nature's spaces (p. 190)
New global goals (p. 192)
Shaping the Future (p. 194)
Low carbon growth (p. 196)
The rise of clean technology (p. 198)
A sustainable economy (p. 200)
Circular economy (p. 202)
A new mindset (p. 204)
Restoring the future (p. 206)
Glossary (p. 208)
Index (p. 214)
References and acknowledgments (p. 220)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Tony Juniper is a campaigner, writer, sustainability adviser and a well-known British environmentalist. For more than 25 years he has worked for change toward a more sustainable society at local, national and international levels. From providing ecology and conservation experiences for primary school children, to making the case for new recycling laws, to orchestrating international campaigns for action on rainforests and climate change, his work has sought change at many levels. Juniper presently works as a Special Adviser to the Prince of Wales Charities' International Sustainability Unit. He is based in Cambridge, England.