Backstage climate : the science and politics behind climate change / Rajan Mehta.

There's nothing new about climate change -- The science behind global warming -- Where are the greenhouse gases coming from? -- What causes extreme weather? -- Flashpoints for climate change -- Why is climate action limping? -- What is the Paris agreement? -- What after Paris? -- Where does clean energy pinch? -- Who is responsible for climate change? -- Money will make the carbon dioxide go! -- If you snooze you lose - is it time for a carbon tax? -- Paris proposes, war disposes -- Our response to climate change -- Dig your well before you are thirsty -- Climate justice: the scales must be balanced -- The road to clean and abundant power: nuclear fusion -- Clean tech: a knight in shining armour -- Circular economy: a panacea for natural capital and climate -- The value of waste for a common man -- Circular economy for carbon -- Catch the wind: remove carbon dioxide from it -- Low-hanging fruits: climate-optimised default settings -- Are carbon offsets a good-hearted charity or a way to buy your sins! -- We must not forget population! -- Is there a case for climate austerity? -- Solar geoengineering -- With power comes responsibility: the role of governments in climate change -- What can industry do to help the climate? -- Be the change you want to see -- Two ripples in a pond: air pollution and climate change -- We are riding a tiger.

"Scientists, journalists and activists have been warning the world about climate change for the last couple of decades, and in increasingly dire words. Yet, climate action has hardly moved forward. What movement we see is too little, too late. Is it that we do not know enough to care? What is cilmate change really? What are greenhouse gases and what exactly do they do? Are there policy-level actions addressing this issue? What role is technology playing? How will climate change affect us personally? What can we do to help? Backstage Climate: The Science and Politics Behind Climate Change is a highly readable primer on a pressing issue - the one book you need to gain a global sense of a subject that will soon come to dominate every conversation. Through short pieces and engaging illusrations, the book attempts to demystify climate change and explain what the fuss is all about why it matters very much" -- taken from dust jacket.