Climate policy hits Turf Moor: follow Burnley's adventure in Europe and
their roller-coaster struggle for survival in the Premiership while
racing through an unconventional take on climate policy.
This is a funny book, written in the earthy and irreverent language of
the terraces. But it has a serious subtext - about climate change. It's
a series of conversations between Joe, a Burnley lad who is football
mad, and Professor Igor who's obsessed with climate change. Joe thinks
that worrying about climate change is a waste of time. Igor can't
understand why 22 grown men would put on shorts and run around after a
ball. Igor agrees to spend a season with Joe going to every Burnley
game, and in return Joe and his family listen to the Professor rattle on
about climate policy.
The book examines why preventing climate change is so difficult, and
asks whether it is more a social and political problem than a
technological one? Will we have to change our lifestyle? Would new
legislation addressing climate change be so unpopular with the public
that politicians will backtrack? How will industry be affected?
Notes at the back of the book summarize all the serious climate-change
material so the reader can look up the important messages in the book
without having to stand on the terraces.
