Too Hot to Handle? : The Democratic Challenge of Climate Change, Paperback by...

Description: Too Hot to Handle? : The Democratic Challenge of Climate Change, Paperback by Willis, Rebecca, ISBN 1529206022, ISBN-13 9781529206029, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The author argues for finding democratic solutions to climate change, contending that politicians are not openly discussing the climate crisis and that more democracy is needed to tackle it. Focusing on the UK within a global context, she shows how the climate crisis is unlike any other, how the existing political system is embedded within a society that has taken a stable climate and plentiful fossil fees for granted, and that the best solutions can occur if climate change is seen as a collective problem to be addressed through better democracy, not less democracy. She describes how the scientific consensus is that urgent action is needed, while the social consensus is that climate change is not the most pressing problem, and that there has been very little political pressure to act. She addresses what it means to govern climate change and how different countries have addressed the issue; why current national strategies fall short; the dual reality in which people acknowledge the importance of climate change, yet have societal denial about its implications; what has been done so far to address climate change; what would happen if democracy was part of the response; a strategy for the climate emergency; and what it means to be a good climate citizen. Annotation ©2020 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()

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