Can I read Solved : How the World’s Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis on EtoBox?

Solved : How the World’s Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis by David Miller; Bill McKibben; ProQuest (Firme) is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Solved : How the World’s Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis about?

If our planet is going to survive the climate crisis, we need to act rapidly. Taking cues from progressive cities around the world, including Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Oslo, Shenzhen, and Sydney, this book is a summons to every city to make small but significant changes that can drastically reduce our carbon footprint. We cannot wait for national governments to agree on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and manage the average temperature rise to within 1.5 degrees. In Solved , David Miller argues that cities are taking action on climate change because they can - and because they must. Miller makes a clear-eyed and compelling case that, if replicated at pace and scale, the actions of leading global cities point the way to creating a more sustainable planet. Solved: How the World's Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis demonstrates that the initiatives cities have taken to control the climate crisis can make a real difference in reducing global emissions if implemented worldwide. By chronicling the stories of how cities have taken action to meet and exceed emissions targets laid out in the Paris Agreement, Miller empowers readers to fix the climate crisis. As much

Author

David Miller; Bill McKibben; ProQuest (Firme)

Publisher

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London: Aevo UTP, an imprint of University of Toronto Prress

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9781487534912

Subjects

Sociology, Nature, Political Science