About the Author

Tom Athanasiou has been writing about global environmental justice for years, and, since finishing his first book, Divided Planet: The Ecology of Rich and Poor, has focused increasingly on global warming. Paul Baer is a scientist and, specifically, an ecological-economic modeller. Together, they are the cofounders and co-ordinators of EcoEquity, a new organisation founded to campaign for a climate treaty based on equal per-capita rights to the atmospheric condition.

Reviews

"A fine and ferocious writer... Al Gore should read [this] book." - The New York Times Book Review