In Heat: How We Can Stop the Planet Burning, environmental journalist George Monbiot presents the stark threat that global warming poses to the world, the reasons behind it and what will happen if we fail to tackle it – but the good news is that there is still time to act, if we no longer delay doing so in the face of increasing evidence, both academic and what we are seeing with our own eyes. However, most people are in denial about the scale of the problem. Monbiot explains the solutions, such as energy-efficient housing and a curtailing of air travel, and admits that in order to save the planet, we must lose some of the freedoms we currently enjoy – but the biggest challenge, he says, is to make people, and specifically politicians, genuinely care enough to do what is necessary.
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In Heat: How We Can Stop the Planet Burning, environmental journalist George Monbiot presents the stark threat that global warming poses to the world, the reasons behind it and what will happen if we fail to tackle it – but the good news is that there is still time to act, if we no longer delay doing so in the face of increasing evidence, both academic and what we are seeing with our own eyes. However, most people are in denial about the scale of the problem. Monbiot explains the solutions, such as energy-efficient housing and a curtailing of air travel, and admits that in order to save the planet, we must lose some of the freedoms we currently enjoy – but the biggest challenge, he says, is to make people, and specifically politicians, genuinely care enough to do what is necessary.