As scientists call for widespread climate action, this book responds to an alarming rise in climate doomism - the belief that it is too late to do anything about climate change, which leads many people to look away and do nothing, immobilised by defeatist thinking. Drawing from climate science, sociology, psychology and philosophy, Stuart argues that every fraction of a degree of warming avoided means saving lives and livelihoods, and outlines reasons to choose action grounded in active hope instead. The book examines specific policy proposals for effectively limiting global warming, the psychology of motivating climate action and collective action, and closes by outlining a positive vision of the far-reaching social and economic changes needed to forge a better path for people and the planet.
Rejecting Climate Doomism
As scientists call for widespread climate action, this book responds to an alarming rise in climate doomism - the belief that it is too late to do anything about climate change, which leads many people to look away and do nothing, immobilised by defeatist thinking. Drawing from climate science, sociology, psychology and philosophy, Stuart argues that every fraction of a degree of warming avoided means saving lives and livelihoods, and outlines reasons to choose action grounded in active hope instead. The book examines specific policy proposals for effectively limiting global warming, the psychology of motivating climate action and collective action, and closes by outlining a positive vision of the far-reaching social and economic changes needed to forge a better path for people and the planet.
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