By David Hone, Chief Climate Change Advisor for Royal Dutch Shell. – February 6
When it comes to galvanizing public support, climate change remains an
elusive issue. While public polling will show that most people are
concerned and agree action should be taken, there are only modest signs
of the groundswell of support needed to drive policy makers to take the
necessary steps, such as implementing a meaningful carbon price across a
broad swathe of the economy. Part of the problem may be a basic
understanding of the issues involved and the ramifications of doing
nothing. Many attempts have been made to confront the communications
challenge of climate change and doubtless there will be many more, but
today we have a new book from HRH The Prince of Wales, climate activist
Tony Juniper and scientist Emily Shuckburgh. The explanation they seek
to offer has been simplified and shortened such that it matches the
requirement of a Ladybird Expert Book. For those who didn’t
grow up on English books (rather than books in English), Ladybird is
famous for its decades old series of standard sized hardback children’s
books, with titles such as Marco Polo and The Story of Music. More
recently, the format has been revived to publish a series of both
humorous and expert books for adults. Read on...http://www.theenergycollective.com/davidhone/2397689/can-climate-change-be-easily-explained
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