Climate change differs from any other problem that, as collective humanity, we face today. If it goes unchecked, the consequences are likely to be catastrophic for human life on earth. Yet for most people, and for many policy-makers too, it tends to be a 'back of the mind' issue. We recognise its importance and even its urgency, but for the most part it is swamped by more immed...(展开全部)

"A landmark study in the struggle to contain climate change, the greatest challenge of our era. I urge everyone to read it." Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States of America Climate change differs from any other problem that, as collective humanity, we face today. If it goes unchecked, the consequences are likely to be catastrophic for human life on earth. Yet for ...(展开全部)

Climate change differs from any other problem that, as collective humanity, we face today. If it goes unchecked, the consequences are likely to be catastrophic for human life on earth. Yet for most people, and for many policy-makers too, it tends to be a 'back of the mind' issue. We recognise its importance and even its urgency, but for the most part it is swamped by more immed...(展开全部)

美國總統柯林頓說：所有人都應該讀讀紀登斯這本重要著作！ 繼凱恩斯後，對政府政策最具影響力的學者。 諾貝爾獎得主、中央研究院前任院長 李遠哲 中央研究院歐美研究所研究員 黃瑞祺 中國文化大學地學研究所教授 王鑫　推薦 氣候議題如此迫切，為什麼少有人認真面對？ 為什麼多數國家與領導者無動於衷？ 為什麼當未來生活搖搖欲墜，我們還是被動地過一天算一天？ 關於氣候變遷、綠色政策和國家發展，我們需要一個新型的政治態度！ 社會學大師紀登斯繼《第三條路》之後，再度提出全新的政治途徑與思考！ 對於全球氣候變遷所造成的人類生存危機，如果我們再不加以控制，將帶來災難性的後果。然而，對決策者和大多數民眾來說，氣候變遷只是「知道但不掛心」的議題。我們承認氣候變遷很重要，甚至也相信它迫在眉睫，但大部分時候我們只著眼於當下的方便與利益。政治人物也意識到其中的危險，但此刻他們的回應...(展开全部)

A Brief History of the Earth's Climate is an accessible myth-busting guide to the natural evolution of the Earth's climate over 4.6 billion years, and how and why human-caused global warming and climate change is different and much more dangerous. Richly illustrated chapters cover the major historical climate change processes including evolution of the sun, plate motions and co...(展开全部)

A Brief History of the Earth's Climate is an accessible myth-busting guide to the natural evolution of the Earth's climate over 4.6 billion years, and how and why human-caused global warming and climate change is different and much more dangerous. Richly illustrated chapters cover the major historical climate change processes including evolution of the sun, plate motions and co...(展开全部)

Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. How else to explain our imaginative failure in the face of global warming? In his first major book of nonfiction since In an Antique Land, Ghosh examines our inability—at the level of literature, history, and politics—to grasp the scale and violence of climate change. T...(展开全部)

Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. How else to explain our imaginative failure in the face of global warming? In his first major book of nonfiction since In an Antique Land, Ghosh examines our inability—at the level of literature, history, and politics—to grasp the scale and violence of climate change. T...(展开全部)

Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. How else to explain our imaginative failure in the face of global warming? In his first major book of nonfiction since In an Antique Land, Ghosh examines our inability—at the level of literature, history, and politics—to grasp the scale and violence of climate change. T...(展开全部)

With $4.5 trillion in total assets, the People's Bank of China now surpasses the U.S. Federal Reserve as the world's biggest central bank. The Rise of the People's Bank of China investigates how this increasingly authoritative institution grew from a Leninist party-state that once jealously guarded control of banking and macroeconomic policy. Relying on interviews with key play...(展开全部)