The climate cure : solving the climate emergency in the era of COVID-19 /

Emergencies test governments, organizations and individuals. Although Australia's prompt, science-led response to COVID-19 has not been perfect, it has saved tens of thousands of lives. But for decades, governments have ignored, ridiculed or understated the advice of scientists on the climate e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Melbourne, Victoria : Text Publishing, [2020]
Subjects:	Climatic changes > Australia. Climatic changes > Government policy > Australia. Climatic changes > Effect of human beings on. Climate change mitigation > Australia. Global warming > Australia. Renewable energy sources > Australia.

Table of Contents:

The great Australian tragedy. A history of folly
How Australian government policy is making things worse
The balance of probabilities: it's worse than you think
Megafire
The decade of consequences
Who does what when governments fail?
The three-part cure. Stemming the spread
An Australian coal compromise
Clean industrial energy
Cutting off fossil fuel's support network
Hydrogen
Electric vehicles
Aviation and shipping
Leadership and cooperation in a global emergency
Adaptation
Drawdown: a vaccine for the fossil fuel pandemic.