Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Writing on Global Conservation 2021
Climate change is the greatest challenge to humankind today. While the coronavirus sheds a light on the vulnerability of our interconnected world,the effects of global warming will be permanent,indeed catastrophic,without a massive shift in human behaviour.
Writer,scholar and broadcaster Alastair McIntosh sums up the present knowledge and shows that conventional solutions are not enough. In rejecting the blind alleys of climate change denial,exaggeration and false optimism,he offers a scintillating discussion of ways forward. Weaving together science,politics,psychology and spirituality,this guide examines what it takes to make us riders on the storm.
Publisher: Birlinn GeneralISBN: 9781780276397Number of pages: 256Weight: 224 gDimensions: 196 x 130 x 18 mm
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'McIntosh sees climate change as a threat which can be met. It presents us with risk and also with opportunity. This is a very good book because it is balanced and positive. There is no despair here'- The Scotsman
'Ecologist Alastair McIntosh's latest work could not be more timely...Riders on the Storm offers a profusion of ideas,written with insight,honesty and wit'- The Herald
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