CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #107, December 26, 2022
New Books on Climate
This week at Yale Climate Connections (12-9-22).
12 titles that make the perfect holiday gift for occasional climate
readers.
12 titles for climate activists and
academics on your holiday gift list.
MICHAEL SVOBODA
. “12 titles that make the perfect holiday gift for occasional
climate readers.” DECEMBER 9, 2022.
How do the titles in the two lists differ from
each other? Included in this first list are new examples of long-standing
popular genres: nature and natural history, history, current events, financial
advice, and fiction. Climate change is not always the central focus, and the
writing is generally easier to read. By contrast, most of the titles in the
second list are published by university presses, written in more academic
prose, and focused on specific aspects of climate change. Not everyone’s cup of
tea.
But anyone might enjoy Paul Smith’s
beautifully illustrated book on trees, novelist Annie Proulx’s personalized
natural history of wetlands, or filmmaker Priyanka Kumar’s memoir about the
birds in her life.
Douglas Brinkley’s magisterial account (over
850 pages) of the environmental movement will impress readers of history, while
the works by climate and energy expert Hal Harvey and former
journalist Justin Gillis (The Big Fix) or British author and climate
activist George Monbiot (Regenesis) will captivate readers who follow
climate change through the news.
For
readers with a financial bent, there’s Bruce Usher’s guide to “investing in the
era of climate change” and Gallup CEO Jon Clifton’s analysis of what global
polling data reveal about the interconnections between the environment,
economics, and human happiness and well-being.
Finally, the four fictional titles offer
gift-givers a choice of genres: experimental, suspense, young adult disaster
tale, and action-thriller. Fictional ‘Two Degrees’ aims to engage 8 to 14 year olds on climate.
MORE As
with all of Yale Climate Connection’s monthly bookshelves, the descriptions of
the titles are adapted from copy provided by the publishers. https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/12/12-titles-that-make-the-perfect-holiday-gift-for-occasional-climate-readers/?utm_source=Weekly+News+from+Yale+Climate+Connections&utm_campaign=802c95a8a6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_12_08_05_30&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-802c95a8a6-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
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