Building a resilient tomorrow : how to prepare for the coming climate disruption
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Martinez-Diaz, Leonardo, 1976- author.
Published
New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2019].
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
363.738 HILL
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363.738 HILL
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Published
New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2019].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xi, 250 pages : photographs ; 22 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
Building a Resilient Tomorrow does not dwell on overhyped descriptions of apocalyptic climate scenarios, nor does it travel down well-trodden paths surrounding the politics of reducing carbon emissions. Instead, it starts with two central facts: climate impacts will continue to occur, and we can make changes now to mitigate their effects. While squarely confronting the scale of the risks we face, this pragmatic guide focuses on solutions-some gradual and some more revolutionary-currently being deployed around the globe. Each chapter presents a thematic lesson for decision-makers and engaged citizens to consider, outlining replicable successes and identifying provocative recommendations to strengthen climate resilience. Between animated discussions of ideas as wide-ranging as managed retreat from coastal hot-zones to biological approaches for resurgent climate-related disease threats, Alice Hill and Leonardo Martinez-Diaz draw on their personal experiences as senior officials in the Obama Administration to tell behind-the-scenes stories of what it really takes to advance progress on these issues. The narrative is dotted with tales of on-the-ground citizenry, from small-town mayors and bankers to generals and engineers, who are chipping away at financial disincentives and bureaucratic hurdles to prepare for life on a warmer planet. For readers exhausted by today's paralyzing debates on yearly "fluke" storms or the existence of climate change, Building a Resilient Tomorrow offers better ways to manage the risks in a warming planet, even as we work to limit global temperature rise. --from Amazon.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Climate change mitigation -- Virginia -- Norfolk.
Climatic changes -- Government policy -- Virginia -- Norfolk.
Climatic changes -- Risk management -- Virginia -- Norfolk.
Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- Virginia -- Norfolk.
Ecosystem management -- Virginia -- Norfolk.
Environmental policy -- Virginia -- Norfolk.
Norfolk (Va.) -- Environmental conditions.
Climatic changes -- Government policy -- Virginia -- Norfolk.
Climatic changes -- Risk management -- Virginia -- Norfolk.
Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- Virginia -- Norfolk.
Ecosystem management -- Virginia -- Norfolk.
Environmental policy -- Virginia -- Norfolk.
Norfolk (Va.) -- Environmental conditions.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hill, A. C., & Martinez-Diaz, L. (2019). Building a resilient tomorrow: how to prepare for the coming climate disruption . Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hill, Alice C and Leonardo Martinez-Diaz. 2019. Building a Resilient Tomorrow: How to Prepare for the Coming Climate Disruption. Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hill, Alice C and Leonardo Martinez-Diaz. Building a Resilient Tomorrow: How to Prepare for the Coming Climate Disruption Oxford University Press, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hill, Alice C., and Leonardo Martinez-Diaz. Building a Resilient Tomorrow: How to Prepare for the Coming Climate Disruption Oxford University Press, 2019.
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