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The Crowded Greenhouse: Population, Climate Change and Creating a Sustainable World
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Product Description
This work focuses on two critical global issues - rapid population growth and a human-induced climate change. John Firor and Judith Jacobsen summarize the current status of these two issues, show how they are related to one another, and prescribe steps that governments, economies, societies and individuals can adopt to stabilize both population and climate. Firor and Jacobsen argue that two revolutions are necessary to achieve a stable population and freedom from human-induced climate change: a social revolution that improves equity, particularly the status of women, and a technical revolution that yields vastly greater efficiency in energy and materials use than we have today. They offer a vision that incorporates these changes, and they urge professionals and activists to work to achieve them, even in the face of great odds.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #216163 in Books
- Published on: 2002-09-16
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 256 pages
Editorial Reviews
George M. Woodwell, director, Woods Hole Research CenterScience
"This book is comprehensive and even handed, written with clarity and precision throughout by two skilled professional scholars. I read it with admiration, pleasure and profit."
About the Author
John Firor is a senior scientist and director emeritus at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Judith E. Jacobsen is a writer, lecturer, and consultant on world population issues.
