DOCSLIB.ORG

Disruptive Ideas: Public Intellectuals and Their Arguments for Action on Climate Change Matthew C

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Disruptive Ideas: Public Intellectuals and Their Arguments for Action on Climate Change Matthew C Advanced Review Disruptive ideas: public intellectuals and their arguments for action on climate change Matthew C. Nisbet∗ In this paper, I analyze three distinct groups of prominent public intellectuals arguing for action on climate change. I detail how public intellectuals establish their authority, spread their ideas, and shape political discourse, analyzing the contrasting stories that they tell about the causes and solutions to climate change. ‘Ecological Activists’ like U.S. writer/activist Bill McKibben or Charles Sturt University (AU) philosopher Clive Hamilton argue that climate change is a symptom of a capitalist society that has dangerously exceeded the carrying capacity of the planet. They are skeptical of technological or market-based solutions to the problem, urging the need for a global movement that dramatically re-organizes society. ‘Smart Growth Reformers’ like UK economist Nicholas Stern or former U.S. vice president Al Gore agree that climate change poses catastrophic risks but argue that those risks can be avoided if political leaders adopt the right market-based mechanisms, enabling sustainable economic growth to continue. ‘Ecomodernists’ like The New York Times (U.S.) writer Andrew Revkin and Oxford University (UK) anthropologist Steve Rayner argue for recognizing the biases in how we have conventionally defined climate change as a social problem. Progress will be achieved not by relying on social protest or market-based mechanisms, but by government investment in a diverse menu of policies that catalyze technological innovation, protect against climate impacts, and provide developing countries abundant, cleaner sources of energy. To conclude, I propose methods for building on my analysis and urge the need for forums that feature a diversity of voices, discourses, and ideas. © 2014 The Authors. WIREs Climate Change published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Howtocitethisarticle: WIREs Clim Change 2014, 5:809–823. doi: 10.1002/wcc.317 INTRODUCTION world’s safe carbon budget. This ‘terrifying new math’ meant that the fossil-fuel industry was ‘Public Enemy n a July 2012 article at Rolling Stone magazine, Number One to the survival of our planetary civi- Bill McKibben warned that fossil-fuel companies I lization’, wrote McKibben. Drawing comparisons to were committed to extracting as much of their oil, the anti-apartheid movement, he called on universities gas, and coal holdings as possible, a goal that would and other institutions to divest their holdings from the far exceed what scientists had determined was the fossil-fuel industry.1 ∗ McKibben’s article generated millions of social Correspondence to: [email protected] media recommendations and visits to Rolling Stone’s Department of Communication Studies, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA web site. Among the readers was billionaire activist Tom Steyer, who sought out McKibben to meet for Conflict of interest: My analysis in this paper is informed by a mountain hike. By the end of their hike, Steyer my collaboration and/or interactions with groups and individuals had pledged to support the fossil-fuel divestment representing each of the three identified discourse traditions, though , my own outlook is closest to that of the Ecomodernists. campaign.2 3 In the years since, Steyer has divested Volume 5, November/December 2014 809 © 2014 The Authors. WIREs Climate Change published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. Advanced Review wires.wiley.com/climatechange his personal wealth from fossil-fuel companies, played Gore, The New York Times’ (U.S.) columnist Tom a key role in Stanford University’s decision to divest Friedman, the London School of Economics (UK) from coal companies, bankrolled a TV campaign economist Nicholas Stern, Columbia University (U.S.) opposing the Keystone XL oil pipeline, spent mil- economist Jeffrey Sachs, and U.S. energy analyst lions in election races to defeat Republican ‘climate Amory Lovins. deniers’,2,4 and helped generate hundreds of news sto- The third group, Ecomodernists, argue for ries calling attention to these causes.a embracing the power of human ingenuity and cre- Despite the many studies that scholars have ativity to manage the risks of climate change, and produced, analyzing the institutional, political, and for recognizing the biases in how we have conven- economic factors that shape environmental debates, as tionally approached the problem. Social change will historian Paul Sabin notes, we seldom have considered be catalyzed not by protests or market mechanisms, the influence of highly visible public intellectuals like but by government investment in a diverse menu of McKibben.5 Through their best-selling books, articles, policies and technologies that lower the cost of action and commentaries, these public intellectuals influence and that protect against climate impacts. Examples how we think and talk about climate change, infusing of contemporary public intellectuals writing in this the abstract with meaning, and turning the complex tradition include U.S. entrepreneur and author Stew- into a commonly shared vocabulary. Yet, they are also art Brand, Kings College London (UK) scientist Mike criticized for their characterization of uncertainty, for Hulme, University of Colorado-Boulder (U.S.) polit- imposing their point of view, for lacking specialized ical scientist Roger Pielke Jr, Oxford University (UK) credentials, for reducing explanations to a single idea, anthropologist Steve Rayner, Breakthrough Insti- theory, or field, and for blurring the lines between tute (U.S.) cofounders Ted Nordhaus and Michael objective analysis and ideological argument.6,7 Shellenberger, and The New York Times’(U.S.) In this paper, I analyze three distinct groups environmental writer Andrew Revkin. of public intellectuals arguing for action on climate I begin the paper by evaluating how public intel- change. Although all three groups accept the unde- lectuals in the climate change debate establish and niable, human causes of climate change, each group maintain their authority, how their ideas and argu- emphasizes a contrasting discourse, problem framing, ments spread and diffuse, and how they shape debates and set of solutions. and decision-making. Then, based on their main The first group, Ecological Activists,b argue that works, I analyze the different stories that each group climate change is a symptom of a capitalist society of public intellectuals tell about the causes, risks, and that in prioritizing economic growth and consumerism solutions to climate change, the intellectual traditions has dangerously exceeded the carrying capacity of the they reflect, and their outlook on society, nature, tech- planet. Skeptical of technological and market-based nology, policy, and social change. In this regard, my solutions, they argue the need for a new conscious- analysis is informed by my collaborations and inter- ness spread through grassroots organizing and social actions with groups and individuals representing each protest that would dramatically transform society. of the three discourse traditions, though my own out- Examples of public intellectuals writing in this tra- look is closest to that of the Ecomodernists. In the dition include U.S. writer and activist Bill McK- conclusion, I propose several methods for building on ibben, Charles Sturt University (AU) philosopher Clive my framework and analysis. I also argue the need for Hamilton, The Guardian (UK) columnist George investment in media and public forums that challenge Monbiot, Canadian author and broadcaster David how each of us think and talk about climate change, Suzuki, UK writer and activist Paul Kingsnorth, and constructively engaging with the ideas and arguments Canadian writer and activist Naomi Klein. of others. On this goal, ‘the idea here is not just to The second group, Smart Growth Reformers, highlight points of communality and sites for compro- agree that limits to growth should be respected, but mise’, note political scientists Hayley Stevenson and assume that environmental limits can be stretched if John Dryzek, ‘but also to provide possibilities for con- 8 the right market-based mechanisms are implemented, testation and the reflection it can induce’. enabling ‘sustainable’ economic growth to continue indefinitely. In this case, not only would action on ESTABLISHING AUTHORITY climate change generate profits and create new indus- AND GAINING INFLUENCE tries, but international cooperation would also open the door to combating poverty and other global Relative to climate change, the prominence of the pub- problems. Examples of public intellectuals writing in lic intellectuals reviewed in this paper is especially this tradition include former U.S. Vice President Al remarkable, given the extremely crowded media and 810 © 2014 The Authors. WIREs Climate Change publishedbyJohnWiley& Sons,Ltd. Volume 5, November/December 2014 WIREs Climate Change Disruptive ideas publishing space within which they work. Consider new interpretations, observations, and conclusions that over the past two decades, an estimated 14,000 that are then subsequently cited and further developed peer-reviewed studies (see analysis by James Lawrence by academic specialists.7 By elevating attention to Powell)9 and 30,000 English-language books on
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Backcasting Futures for Nuclear Energy and Society
    This is a repository copy of Backcasting futures for nuclear energy and society: a qualitative analysis of European stakeholder perspectives (D5.3 for the History of Nuclear Energy and Society Project). White Rose Research Online URL for this paper: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/143916/ Version: Published Version Monograph: Cotton, Matthew David orcid.org/0000-0002-8877-4822, Rowe, Gene, Whitton, John et al. (9 more authors) (2019) Backcasting futures for nuclear energy and society: a qualitative analysis of European stakeholder perspectives (D5.3 for the History of Nuclear Energy and Society Project). Research Report. European Commision , Brussels. Reuse This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs (CC BY-ND) licence. This licence allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to the original authors. More information and the full terms of the licence here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Takedown If you consider content in White Rose Research Online to be in breach of UK law, please notify us by emailing [email protected] including the URL of the record and the reason for the withdrawal request. [email protected] https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/ D5.3: Backcasting futures for nuclear energy and society: a qualitative analysis of European stakeholder perspectives Lead author: Matthew Cotton (University of York) Evaluation report and review: Gene Rowe (GRE) Contributors, reviewers and workshop facilitators:
    [Show full text]
  • Cool Dudes: the Denial of Climate Change Among Conservative White Males in the United States
    G Model JGEC-908; No. of Pages 10 Global Environmental Change xxx (2011) xxx–xxx Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Global Environmental Change jo urnal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/gloenvcha Cool dudes: The denial of climate change among conservative white males in the United States a, b Aaron M. McCright *, Riley E. Dunlap a Lyman Briggs College, Department of Sociology, Environmental Science and Policy Program, Michigan State University, E-185 Holmes Hall, East Lansing, MI 48825-1107, USA b Department of Sociology, Oklahoma State University, 006 Classroom Building, Stillwater, OK 74078-4062, USA A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: We examine whether conservative white males are more likely than are other adults in the U.S. general Received 17 January 2011 public to endorse climate change denial. We draw theoretical and analytical guidance from the identity- Received in revised form 24 June 2011 protective cognition thesis explaining the white male effect and from recent political psychology Accepted 28 June 2011 scholarship documenting the heightened system-justification tendencies of political conservatives. We utilize public opinion data from ten Gallup surveys from 2001 to 2010, focusing specifically on five Keywords: indicators of climate change denial. We find that conservative white males are significantly more likely Political ideology than are other Americans to endorse denialist views on all five items, and that these differences are even Race greater for those conservative white males who self-report understanding global warming very well. Gender Furthermore, the results of our multivariate logistic regression models reveal that the conservative white Climate change denial Public opinion male effect remains significant when controlling for the direct effects of political ideology, race, and gender as well as the effects of nine control variables.
    [Show full text]
  • The Time-Series of Energy Mix and Transition: a Comparative Study of OECD Countries Through the Fuzzy-Set Analysis
    energies Article The Time-Series of Energy Mix and Transition: A Comparative Study of OECD Countries through the Fuzzy-Set Analysis Taewook Huh 1,* , Yong-Chan Choi 2 and Jiyoung Hailiey Kim 3 1 Graduate School of Future Strategy, KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology), Daejeon 34141, Korea 2 Strategic Planning Center, KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology), Daejeon 34141, Korea; [email protected] 3 Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] Received: 20 September 2018; Accepted: 30 October 2018; Published: 1 November 2018 Abstract: This study aims to analyze the global trends of energy mix and energy transition from a chronological view (from Y1995 to Y2015) and identify the actual results based on the empirical findings. It sets up a measurement framework of energy mix (four energy sources: fossil fuel (F), hydroelectric (H), renewable (R), and nuclear (N)), and compares thirty-four Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries’ cases through the fuzzy-set ideal type analysis. In short, twelve ideal types of energy mix of the thirty-four OECD countries were derived in Y1995; eleven ideal types in Y2000, thirteen ideal types in Y2005, twelve ideal types in Y2010, and fifteen ideal types in Y2015, respectively. This study particularly reveals the gradual change of the features of energy transition, although an epoch-making trend of overall energy transition in OECD countries is not identified. For example, from1995 to 2010, in the case of Type 7 (F*h*r*N) with a characteristic of ‘pan-conventional energy-centered mix’ having two high features (F, N), and of Type 8 (F*h*r*n), characterized by ‘fossil fuel-centered energy mix’ with one high feature (F), seven to eight countries were steadily included, but in 2015 there was a significant decrease to four countries (solely Type 7).
    [Show full text]
  • Renewing Power (Dissertation)
    Renewing power Including global asymmetries within the system boundaries of solar photovoltaic technology Roos, Andreas 2021 Document Version: Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Roos, A. (2021). Renewing power: Including global asymmetries within the system boundaries of solar photovoltaic technology. Lund University. Total number of authors: 1 General rights Unless other specific re-use rights are stated the following general rights apply: Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal Read more about Creative commons licenses: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. LUND UNIVERSITY PO Box 117 221 00 Lund +46 46-222 00 00 Download date: 25. Sep. 2021 Renewing power Including global asymmetries within the system boundaries of solar photovoltaic technology ANDREAS ROOS HUMAN ECOLOGY | FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES | LUND UNIVERSITY AN ECOLABEL 3041 0903 NORDIC SW SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) TECHNO- LOGY is rapidly emerging as a cost-effec- tive option in the world economy.
    [Show full text]
  • Climate Change: Debate and Reality
    CLIMATE CHANGE: DEBATE AND REALITY DANIEL R. HEADRICK Roosevelt University Abstract The debate about climate change has been raging for over 30 years. Is the climate really changing? If it is, are the changes caused by human actions? If they are, can anything be done about it? And, if so, should anything be done? On each of these questions, opinions clash. On one side are those who would say yes to all four questions. Among them are almost all climate scientists, most of the world’s governments and a large part of the educated public. On the other side are the current United States Government, most oil, gas and coal corporations, and most conservative politicians and their supporters, especially in the United States. It cannot be denied that the debate has caused confusion in the mind of the public—at least in the United States—and has helped prevent effective measures to mitigate global warming. In this essay, however, I argue that the impact of the debate pales in comparison to that of two other factors: developmentalism, the glorification of economic growth; and consumerism, the modern energy-intensive way of life. While the causes of the failure to mitigate global warming can be found in every country, the case of China is particularly glaring. Keywords: China, climate change, developmentalism, US Government Climate change: The evidence Among climate scientists, there is an almost complete consensus on the anthropogenic causes of global warming. All 928 articles on the subject published in refereed scientific journals between 1993 and 2003 agree on this point, as do the reports of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the National Academy of Science, the American Meteorological Society, the American Geophysical Union and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
    [Show full text]
  • The Electricity Journal 33 (2020) 106827
    The Electricity Journal 33 (2020) 106827 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect The Electricity Journal journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/tej The coming transformation of the electricity sector: A conversation with T Amory Lovins Ahmad Faruqui The Brattle Group, San Francisco, CA United States ABSTRACT The US electricity sector is undergoing a major transformation toward clean energy. In this article, I discuss several key enabling steps with Amory Lovins, whose 1976 article about the “soft energy path” was instrumental in changing public policy not only in the US but throughout the globe. I first came to know of Amory Lovins when I was a graduate student Senate hearing record. at the University of California at Davis interning at the California Once the supply-side industries’ initial pique abated somewhat, and Energy Commission. His article on “Energy Strategy: The Road Not their surrogates proved unable to rebut the analysis, many thoughtful Taken?” had appeared in Foreign Affairs. It caught my eye because the industry leaders started to realize I’d suggested how they could make proposition it put forward seemed to reverse the conventional way of more money with less risk. As the dust settled about a year into the fray, thinking about energy strategy. Sometime in the early 1980s, Amory Arco’s Chief Economist, Dr. David Sternlight, reset the tone by writing visited EPRI where I was working and we had a lively discussion about that he for one didn’t care if I were only half right—that’d be better the future of electric utilities. In the decades that followed, I have fol- performance than he’d seen from the rest of them.
    [Show full text]
  • A WORLD of OPPORTUNITY Greening Energy in China and Beyond
    SUMMER 2016 VOL. 9 NO. 1 A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITY Greening Energy in China and Beyond HELPING CHINA INNOVATE NEW ENERGY SOLUTIONS TAKING CLEAN ENERGY TO O Y M UN ARBON DEVELOPING NATIONS K T C C A I O N R PLUS: AMORY’S ANGLE, RMI’S I W N E A M INNOVATION CENTER, AND MORE STIT U T R R O O TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMER 2016 /VOL. 9 NO. 1 GOING GLOBAL GOING GLOBAL CLEARING THE AIR IN CHINA AFFORDABLE, CLEAN ELECTRICITY FOR ALL Rocky Mountain Institute works with China to peak carbon emissions early and low, and to follow a clean energy pathway Rocky Mountain Institute’s work in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean improves people’s well-being 14 for its large and growing economy 22 Table of Contents Table 1 Summer 2016 COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS CEO LETTER MY RMI WALK THE WALK GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY: EXPANDING RECIPE FOR LASTING CHANGE: JOHN 33 YEARS OF IMPACT: LONGTIME Our Printing and Paper OUR IMPACT IN CHINA, AFRICA, THE “MAC” MCQUOWN ON WHAT MAKES STAFFER MICHAEL KINSLEY RETIRES. This issue of Solutions Journal is printed on elemental 02 HIS INFLUENCE CARRIES ON chlorine-free paper. Specifically, it is #2 FSC-certified CARIBBEAN, AND BEYOND 10 RMI TICK 28 CPC Matte Book and FSC-certified CPC Matter Cover, Sappi Papers in Minnesota, sourced from SFI-certified pulp. Using certified paper products promotes environmentally appropriate and economically viable AMORY’S ANGLE QUESTION & ANSWER INNOVATION BEACON management of the world’s forests. SOFT ENERGY PATHS: LESSONS OF GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: MARIA VAN RMI’S INNOVATION CENTER: 5 REASONS THE FIRST 40 YEARS DER HOEVEN ON ENERGY SECURITY, IT’S THE OFFICE OF THE FUTURE 04 12 ENERGY ACCESS, AND COLLABORATION 30 Staff Editorial Director – Cindie Baker Writer/Editor – Laurie Guevara-Stone Writer/Editor – David Labrador RMI-CWR IN BRIEF GOING GLOBAL : cover iStock.com; left, iStock.com; right, courtesy Off-Grid:Electric left, iStock.com; iStock.com; cover : Art Director – Romy Purshouse NEWS FROM AROUND THE A PARTNER’S PERSPECTIVE: Lead Designer – Marijke Jongbloed 09 INSTITUTE 20 MR.
    [Show full text]
  • Soft Versus Hard Energy Paths: an Analysis of the Debate
    Report No. 81-94 SPR SOFT VERSUS HARD ENERGY PATHS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE DEBATE Gail H. Marcus Specialist in Science and Technology Science Policy Research Division March 1981 The Congressional Research Service works exclusively for the Congress, conducting research, analyzing legislation, and providing information at the request of committees, Mem- bers, and.their staffs. The Service makes such research available, without parti- san bias, in many forms including studies, reports, compila- tions, digests, and background briefings. Upon request, CRS assists committees in analyzing legislative proposals and issues, and in assessing the possible effects of these proposals and their alternatives. The Service's senior specialists and subject analysts are also available for personal consultations in their respective fields of expertise. ABSTRACT This paper discusses the major issues of the soft versus hard energy path debate-institutional considerations, distribution of power production sources, size of facilities, and renewability of fuel resources. It outlines major argu- ments in each of these areas, and discusses the significance of the debate from the viewpoint of meeting future energy needs. CONTENTS ABSTRACT ..................................................................... iii INTRODUCTION ................................................................. 1 TRANSITIONAL ISSUES .......................................................... 5 DISPERSAL VERSUS CENTRALIZED ................................................. 9 SMALL VERSUS LARGE
    [Show full text]
  • Power Systems Without Fuel Joshua A
    1 Power Systems Without Fuel Joshua A. Taylor, Member, IEEE, Sairaj V. Dhople, Member, IEEE, and Duncan S. Callaway, Member, IEEE Abstract—The finiteness of fossil fuels implies that future for new optimal power flow objectives to replace fuel costs electric power systems may predominantly source energy from and the attendant need for alternative economic mechanisms to fuel-free renewable resources like wind and solar. Evidently, nodal pricing. In some cases, removing fuel-based generators these power systems without fuel will be environmentally benign, sustainable, and subject to milder failure scenarios. Many of can result in significant benefits like the elimination of the these advantages were projected decades ago with the definition unit commitment problem and the viability of transitioning to of the soft energy path, which describes a future where all energy a predominantly DC infrastructure. We address such issues in is provided by numerous small, simple, and diverse renewable a unified fashion by surveying existing discussions, identifying sources. Here we provide a thorough investigation of power challenges, and suggesting new directions where appropriate. systems without fuel from technical and economic standpoints. The paper is organized by timescale and covers issues like the Two key motifs of this paper are that (see Fig. 1) irrelevance of unit commitment in networks without large, fuel- • all timescales are shrinking, and based generators, the dubiousness of nodal pricing without fuel • a few large components will be replaced by numerous costs, and the need for new system-level models and control methods for semiconductor-based energy-conversion interfaces. small components. Index Terms—Optimization, Power electronics, Power system These changes have a number of salient consequences.
    [Show full text]
  • Unleashing Blessed Unrest As the Heating Happens
    Sustainability Frontiers Unleashing Blessed Unrest As the Heating Happens How learning spaces can help to avoid the worst scenarios now before us and four learning activities to engage young people By David Selby and Fumiyo Kagawa the United Nations regard as livable with and ‘economically acceptable’. (We should note that one of the world’s leading alifornian ENVironmEntalist Paul climate scientists, James Hansen, perceives a 2.0ºC rise as Hawken coined the phrase ‘blessed unrest’. He uses being nothing short of a “disaster scenario” and that a growing it to describe the worldwide grassroots stirring of number of scientists think that holding the global tempera- C ture rise to 2.0ºC will be an uphill, perhaps impossible, task peoples—at best loosely organized and thinly networked—in defense of “the timeless ways of being human” now “threat- anyway3.) ened by global forces that do not consider people’s deepest As runaway climate change lurches forward, future longings”.1 This movement, informed by social justice and scenarios look grim—a mix of ubiquitous environmental environmental activism as well as indigenous cultural resis- disaster (including a huge loss of biodiversity), ongoing and tance to globalization, seems to us to be core to any mean- massive internal and external population displacement as a ingful response to runaway climate change. In this article we result of sea incursions, seasonally recurring wildfires and consider how learning spaces can help unleash the blessed desertification (and resultant social dislocation), hunger, unrest we hold to be vital if human society is to have any starvation, internecine strife, violent conflict, tribalism, chance of escaping the worst scenarios now before us for the aggressively defensive localism, as well as the ever-lurking heating of the planet.
    [Show full text]
  • Han GHP's Additional List of Climate Resources (3-21-2014
    Han GHP’s additional list of climate resources (3-21-2014) ================================================ * books suitable for use in high school courses ** books I have used in my courses (# excerpts used in my courses) More Books by Climate Scientists: Bert Bolin, A History of the Science and Politics of Climate Change: The Role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2007, 250pp) Raymond S. Bradley, Global Warming and Political Intimidation: How Politicians Cracked Down on Scientists as the Earth Heated Up (2011, 156pp) Paul N. Edwards, A Vast Machine: Computer Models, Climate Data, and the Politics of Global Warming (2010, 439pp) *Kerry Emanuel, What We Know About Climate Change (2007, 85pp) Michael E. Mann and Lee R. Kump, Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming – The Illustrated Guide to the Findings of the IPCC (2008, 202pp) *Michael D. Mastrandrea and Stephen H. Schneider, Preparing for Climate Change (2010, 99pp) Gavin Schmidt and Joshua Wolfe, Climate Change: Picturing the Science (2009, 294pp) Stephen H. Schneider, Science as a Contact Sport: Inside the Battle to Save Earth’s Climate (2009, 281pp) Climate Books on Theology and Ethics: John Broome, Climate Matters: Ethics in a Warming World (2012, 192pp) James Garvey, The Ethics of Climate Change: Right and Wrong in a Warming World (2008, 158pp) Sallie McFague, A New Climate for Theology: God, the World, and Global Warming (2008, 176pp) Michael S. Northcott, A Moral Climate: The Ethics of Global Warming (2007, 285pp) OTHER NOTABLE CLIMATE BOOKS: Maxwell T.
    [Show full text]
  • ANNEX FE Annex E: Publications on Fossil Fuel Industry Involvement in Undermining Climate Science and Action
    ANNEX FE Annex E: Publications on Fossil Fuel Industry Involvement in Undermining Climate Science and Action This annex contains a list of publications providing background on the involvement of fossil fuel industry, either directly or through trade associations, public relations firms, or otner third-party intermediaries, in undermining action on climate change and In climate denial efforts. This annex is an updated version of informational already published by Greenpeace International and others in 2014. This does not provide evidence of specific company involvement in these activities, or suggest that specific companies were or are currently involved. This 1s an indicative and non- exhaustive list of the substantial resources available on the issues of anti-climate lobbying, the funding of climate deniers, the trade associations known to lobby against action on climate change and to campaign against climate science as well as notable industry quotes on climate change and other quotes on climate denialism. Corporate influence on Climate SCIENCE ANA PONICY ce eee Industry s support of trade associations known to lobby against action on climate change ..... 4 Funding climate Change O SUPPTeSSION Of CHIMALE ACLIVISM ec O Industry quotes On Climate CHAN Ge... O Other quotes and figures relevant to climate Genitals ec G Center for International Law, Greenpeace International, WWF International. Annex A: Publications on industry Corporate influence on climate science and policy | Frumhoff, Peter, Richard Heede, & Naomi Oreskes (2015) The Climate Responsibilities of Industrial Carbon Producers, Climatic Change, early edition, 23 July, DOT: 10.1007/s10584- O1S5-[472-5. WWF. 2014. WWF files complaint against world’s biggest coal company for misleading advertising.
    [Show full text]