NEW BOOK published July 2009

Mark Diesendorf (2009) Climate Action: A Campaign Manual for Greenhouse Solutions, UNSW Press, Sydney.

In the USA, social movements succeeded in stopping 59 proposals to build new conventional (dirty) coal-fired power stations. In the UK, there was an extended campaign to stop the expansion of Heathrow airport, primarily on the grounds of the greenhouse gas emissions from increased flights. Responding to this global epidemic, Climate Action is a campaign manual that draws upon positive case studies of successful grass-roots social movements from the last few decades, and presents a menu of strategies for activists and citizens who want to pressure governments and businesses to create a framework for big and rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
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Climate Action is the sequel to:

BOOK published 2007

Mark Diesendorf (2007) Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy, UNSW Press, Sydney.

This book assesses the various technologies that have been put forward as solutions to the greenhouse crisis, including efficient energy use, renewable energy, coal with the capture and burial of CO2, nuclear power, gas and transport systems. It then proposes a set of strategies, scenarios and policies for implementing those technologies that are genuinely ecologically sustainable.
First published May 2007, reprinted October 2007 & September 2008.
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