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• Title:A bright future : how some countries have solved climate change and the rest can follow / Joshua S. Goldstein and Staffan A. Qvist.
  
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• Author/Creator:Goldstein, Joshua S., 1952- author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Qvist, Staffan A., author.
  
• Published/Created:New York, NY : PublicAffairs, [2019]
  ©2019
  

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  • Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: TD171.75 .G65 2019
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Climate change mitigation.
  Climatic changes.
  Global warming.
  Renewable energy sources.
  Sustainability.
  
• Medical Subjects: Climate Change
  Global Warming
  Renewable Energy
  
• Edition:First edition.
  
• Description:x, 276 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 22 cm
  
• Summary:"A proven, fast, inexpensive, practical way to cut greenhouse gas emissions and prevent catastrophic climate change. As climate change nears potentially disastrous tipping points, a solution is hiding in plain sight. Several countries have successfully replaced fossil fuels with low-carbon energy sources by combining renewable energy with a quick buildout of nuclear power. By following their example, the world could dramatically cut fossil fuel use by midcentury, even as energy consumption continues to rise. Joshua Goldstein and Staffan Qvist explain how clean energy rapidly replaced fossil fuels in such places as Sweden, France, and Ontario, while enhancing both prosperity and the natural environment. Engagingly written, yet backed by deep research, this book will encourage a fresh look at the assumptions that have long shaped the climate change debate. The stakes are extraordinarily high and the deadline for action is near. This clear and compelling book could spark the transformation in energy policy that the world needs."--Jacket
  
• Notes:"January 2019"--Title page verso
  Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-264) and index.
  
• ISBN:9781541724105 (hardcover)
  1541724100 (hardcover)
  9781541724099 (electronic book)
  
• Contents:Foreword / by Steven Pinker
  Decarbonization. Climate won't wait
  What Sweden did
  What Germany did
  Half measures. More energy, not less
  100 percent renewables?
  Methane is still fossil
  Facing fears. Safest energy ever
  Risks and fears
  Handling waste
  Preventing proliferation
  The way forward. Keep what we've got
  Next-generation technology
  China, Russia, India
  Pricing carbon pollution
  Act globally.