A journalist who has been covering climate change since the 1980s explains how and why we have arrived at our current dire pass, arguing that the same forces that have confused the public's mind and slowed the policy response are poised to pivot with astonishing speed, as long-term risks have become present-day realities and the cliff's edge is now within view.
In fascinating detail, Linden’s Fire and Flood tours the American scientific and political landscape that first grasped the fact of climate change and then forgot about it.
In his urgent new book...journalist Eugene Linden gravely explains why the world has failed to stop the ongoing catastrophe of climate change ... Although this is a deeply serious subject, there is still much to be hopeful about, and Linden ends Fire and Flood on a positive note ... If you’ve ever wondered how we got here, this sobering and accessible history deftly outlines government failures, missed opportunities and the steps we can take to turn the tide.
