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- Book Title
- Saving Ourselves : from Climate Shocks to Climate Action
- Publication Name
- Saving Ourselves
- Title
- Saving Ourselves
- Subtitle
- From Climate Shocks to Climate Action
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 0231209304
- EAN
- 9780231209304
- ISBN
- 9780231209304
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Genre
- Science, Political Science
- Release Date
- 13/02/2024
- Release Year
- 2024
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.1in
- Item Length
- 0.9in
- Series
- Society and the Environment
- Language
- English
- Publication Year
- 2024
- Topic
- Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Political Ideologies / Radicalism, Global Warming & Climate Change, Public Policy / Environmental Policy
- Item Width
- 0.6in
- Item Weight
- 15.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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We've known for decades that climate change is an existential crisis. For just as long, we've seen the complete failure of our institutions to rise to the challenge. Governments have struggled to meet even modest goals. Fossil fuel interests maintain a stranglehold on political and economic power. Even though we have seen growing concern from everyday people, civil society has succeeded only in pressuring decision makers to adopt watered-down policies. All the while, the climate crisis worsens. Is there any hope of achieving the systemic change we need? Dana R. Fisher argues that there is a realistic path forward for climate action--but only through mass mobilization that responds to the growing severity and frequency of disastrous events. She assesses the current state of affairs and shows why public policy and private-sector efforts have been ineffective. Spurred by this lack of progress, climate activism has become increasingly confrontational. Fisher examines the radical flank of the climate movement: its emergence and growth, its use of direct action, and how it might evolve as the climate crisis worsens. She considers when and how activism is most successful, identifying the importance of creating community, capitalizing on shocking moments, and cultivating resilience. Clear-eyed yet optimistic, Saving Ourselves offers timely insights on how social movements can take power back from deeply entrenched interests and open windows of opportunity for transformative climate action.
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Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231209304
ISBN-13
9780231209304
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17063301490
Product Key Features
Book Title
Saving Ourselves : from Climate Shocks to Climate Action
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Political Ideologies / Radicalism, Global Warming & Climate Change, Public Policy / Environmental Policy
Publication Year
2024
Genre
Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
0.9in
Item Height
0.1in
Item Width
0.6in
Item Weight
15.5 Oz
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Ge195.F57 2024
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In a crowded landscape of books about climate change, this one stands out by asking two key questions: Have we made enough progress? And what should we do going forward? The answer to the first question is clearly no. Despite three decades of climate negotiations, both the US and the world are far behind where we need to be on climate action, and going forward, we need to be much more organized. Taking a lesson from the history of the civil rights movement, Fisher suggests that we can create a stronger climate movement by building on existing community structures--such as churches and labor unions--and taking advantage of the climate shocks that are already occurring with increasing frequency to channel moral outrage into meaningful action. An important, original, and thought-provoking book., A clarion call to society at large. It's a reminder that the battle against climate change is not just about policy changes or technological innovations; it's about mobilizing a mass movement capable of driving the political and economic systems towards sustainability., There's a growing number of books addressing the climate crisis and we now have a good technical understanding of what we have to do, as a society, to avoid the worst impacts. But there has been much less focus on the--more urgent--question of how to make the required changes happen. Fisher's illuminating and insightful book helps fill this critical gap in our knowledge, and is a must-read for anyone with an interest in a safe future., At this dangerous climate emergency time, this book gives a path forward showing how necessary good quality social science is and how it can lead the climate activists and movements through the needed tricky and even thorny collective decision making. While living with heavy fossil fuel denial, scientists have stepped up to back up climate activists. Unfortunately, this book shows the complete failure of our institutions to also perform our democratically bestowed duty. For those of us living with the privilege of free press, (also established by civil disobedience), we have a moral responsibility to first listen to the science, acknowledge our public power and act!, Few questions could be more important than how to quickly build an effective resistance to the fossil fuel industry; this volume offers some vital clues and insights, and will be a help to many activists!, Saving Ourselves is about the great awakening that is happening right now to the risks we face on a rapidly warming planet. Read it and you will understand the history of the climate fight, the forces that are shaping it today, and the challenges the movement will confront as it grows in size and urgency. Saving Ourselves will inspire you take to the streets and fight for a better world., Dr. Fisher has written an informative and thought-provoking work based on her research on climate activism, politics, geopolitics, and the climate crisis. The work is written in a style that is appropriate for scholarly and general readers. A description is provided on the vested interest activities of the fossil fuel industry and the poor reactions to the climate crisis of corporations and politicians. I especially enjoyed the detailed analysis of climate activism and the different types. The work is inspiring to take action, especially climate activism. As her work concludes: "As unfair as it might seem, the future is up to us."
Table of Content
Acknowledgments 1. No One Else Is Going to Save Us: Understanding the Social Side of the Climate Crisis 2. Saving Ourselves Is a Long Game: Why Our Institutions Keep Failing to Act on Climate 3. Saving Ourselves Involves Taking Power Back for the People 4. Saving Ourselves Won't Be Popular and Will Be Disruptive 5. Saving Ourselves Will Take a Disaster (or Many) Methodological Appendix Notes Index
Lccn
2023-042614
Dewey Decimal
363.706
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Society and the Environment Ser.
Dewey Edition
23
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