The effects of global warming are being felt around the world through
climate change, and images of our rivers and oceans choking with plastic
have provoked an instinctive, horrified reaction. In response,
governments, corporations, and individuals are beginning to change their
policies and behavior--but is it too little, too late? Is it still
possible to reverse the damage we have done to the planet?
This title in The Big Idea series, Can We Save the Planet?, provides
an in-depth understanding of global warming, climate change, and the
disastrous effects on our oceans through the prevalence of single-use
plastics. It begins by setting out the evidence and arguments concerning
the relationship of escalating carbon emissions and deforestation with
the planet's environmental decline. It offers insightful analysis of our
consumerist, throwaway culture, and evaluates whether we can save the
planet through a combination of proactive individual action and
governmental policy, or if we can only react to the problems caused as
they arise, using modern technologies.
Can We Save the Planet? is an incisive, engaging, and authoritative
text on one of today's key issues, written by an expert in the field.