A Blueprint for a Safer Planet

Author: Stern, Nicholas ISBN: 9780099524052 Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK Year first published: 01 Jun 2010 Pages: 256 Format: Paperback / softback A book about the action required of this generation to ensure the continued existence of the human race - by the world's leading authority on climate change. Hurricanes and storms strike New Orleans and Mumbai; flooding causes devastation in England and Mozambique; droughts occur in Australia and Darfur... Further substantial climate change is unavoidable and the risks to the natural world, the economy and our everyday lives are immense. Here Lord Stern, a world leading authority on climate change, confronts urgent questions: What are the dangers? How can the world adapt? And what does this mean for us all? The solutions he gives are provocative, authoritative and inspirational - a blueprint for the future.