Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewThis book is a guide for understanding climate change. The guide takes an interdisciplinary approach because climate change is simultaneously a matter of science, engineering, economics, politics, culture, ethics, and more. The guide thus follows the contours of climate change as it appears in the world—as a tangle of problems. It builds climate literacy as a form of problem-posing by offering a set of tools for understanding how problems get framed, debated, and resolved. Through developing climate literacy, students gain the ability to think critically about how facts are constructed and mobilized in the pursuit of values. Part One (Big Picture and Fundamentals) provides basic definitions and broad orientation by situating climate change within larger contexts like the Anthropocene, international climate diplomacy, sustainable development, and 'green growth.' Part Two (Climate Sciences) offers tools for understanding climate science, its historical development, and its place in society by asking: who knows, what do we know, and how do we know it? Part Three (Politics, Ethics, and Policy) shows how to analyze debates about climate change policies from mitigation to rewilding. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Adam BrigglePublisher: Broadview Press Ltd Imprint: Broadview Press Ltd Weight: 0.336kg ISBN: 9781554815937ISBN 10: 1554815932 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 31 May 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Teaching and Learning in the Tangle Part I: The Big Picture and Fundamentals Chapter 1: The Anthropocene and Development Chapter 2: What is Climate Change? Chapter 3: Framing the Climate Problem: What are the Goals? Chapter 4: Green Growth or Degrowth? Part II: Climate Sciences Chapter 5: Who Knows? Institutions and Norms Chapter 6: What do we Know? Knowledge and Uncertainty Chapter 7: How do we Know? Methods and Tools Part III: Climate Politics, Ethics, and Policy Chapter 8: Climate Politics Chapter 9: Climate Ethics and Justice Chapter 10: Climate Policy Fundamentals and Frameworks Chapter 11: Mitigation, Adaptation, and Finance Chapter 12: Geoengineering and RewildingReviews"""When I tell my liberal arts students that climate change is not just a science problem, they look skeptical. Now I have an undergraduate textbook that brilliantly makes the case that climate change is above all a moral issue of unprecedented proportions. Adam Briggle turns the esoteric matters of philosophy and climate modeling into an accessible introductory text that engages students personally and academically. Interrogating familiar tropes and eschewing easy answers, Briggle provides students with the tools of ethical reasoning essential to navigating the wicked problem of climate change."" -- Janice Harvey, Department of Environment & Society, St. Thomas University, Canada ""Briggle provides an engaging and insightful overview of the key themes and debates in climate change. He frames the issue in terms of our mental models, where they come from, and how they resonate with our values. Briggle's Field Guide challenges us to reflect on the many paradoxes that define our climate problem and guides us to develop our own perspective on climate action through a series of questions and activities. This accessible text will be useful for undergraduates and anyone approaching climate change for the first time."" -- Sam Rowan, Department of Political Science, Concordia University, Montreal ""There aren't a lot of textbooks in the climate literature that introduce the complicated scientific and political background necessary to understand the climate problem while also remaining sensitive to the philosophical arguments that inform climate policy. Briggle's Field Guide goes a long way to fill that gap. This fantastic book offers readers and instructors a clearly organized, well-argued introduction to the conceptual connections between science, values, and policy."" -- Benjamin Hale, Departments of Environmental Studies and Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder" Author InformationAdam Briggle is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy and Religion Department at the University of North Texas. He holds a PhD in Environmental Studies from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
