CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #116, FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Michael Svoboda. Books for taking action
on climate change. Yale Climate
Connection.
Dominic Rushe. Doubts “Green Investing.” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist.
Eve Ottenberg. Carbon. Satirical New Play.
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MICHAEL SVOBODA. “Want to take action on climate change? These books can help.” Yale
Climate Connections. JANUARY 27, 2023
Twelve titles offer practical advice for
people who want to help protect the climate.
At the beginning of a new year, commentators
of all sorts invite us to look back at the year just finished and forward to
the year ahead. This year, on the matter of climate change, the annual exercise
has special importance.
2022 was filled with the sort of natural
disasters we have come to expect but whose severity still surprises us: the
devastating floods in Nigeria and Pakistan, vicious tropical cyclones like Hurricane Ian, and scorching heat waves in the United States, Europe, India, and China. But 2022 was also noteworthy
for long-hoped-for successes — like the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, known as the IRA, in the United States and
the new if still tentative commitment by the international community to address the losses and damages
climate change is already inflicting on developing countries. 2022 set the
stage for significant action on climate change.
A set stage, however, still requires actors.
The opportunities created by these developments, the Inflation Reduction Act in
particular, will not seize themselves. U.S. residents concerned about climate
change must persuade their churches, school boards, workplaces, city councils,
and state legislatures to access and use the funds provided by the IRA* to
reduce their carbon footprints. To help
our readers meet these challenges, Yale Climate Connections has assembled a
special collection of books and reports on climate action. Each offers
practical advice for individuals who want to persuade their communities to act
on climate change. Some of these titles have appeared in previous bookshelves;
others are newly discovered or recently published. The collection includes
titles aimed at different age groups: adults, college students, young adults,
and children. Many also offer inspiring personal stories of climate activism.
So if you want to up your game on climate
change this year, resolve to read one of these books. As always, the descriptions of the titles are
adapted from copy provided by the publishers or organizations that released
them. *Note: The White House has created
its own guidebook for the Inflation
Reduction Act, a detailed but accessible explanation of what’s in the bill
and of the procedures for accessing the funds it allocates. The guidebook can
be downloaded, free of charge, here.
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Dominic Rushe. “Green investing ‘definitely not
going to work’—former BlackRock exec .“ Bulletin
of the Atomic Scientists (April 8, 2021).
A
former player in one of the biggest efforts to turn Wall Street ‘green’ now
believes the climate crisis cannot be solved by free markets. “It’s not because
they are evil, it’s because the system is built to extract profits,” he
said. Read more.
Eve Ottenberg. Carbon.
This comic novel is about a
twenty-something making his way in the idiot world of climate change denial,
satirizes the buffoonery, lies, and greed impeding solutions to the consequences
of global warming. https://www.eveottenberg.com/carbon_134713.htm
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