What Climate Change is, why it's happening, and what we can do to reverse it.
Chapters in this book include:
- What is the climate?
- What is the crisis?
- How important is the crisis?
The basics
What is the greenhouse effect? What are fossil fuels, and why do we
love burning them so much?
How sure are we?
Are we really, really sure that the crisis is happening? Could some
people be exaggerating? Meet the IPCC - an international team that
studies the crisis and provides us with the most reliable
information about it.
What do we do?
The crisis is big and daunting, but we know what we need to do.
There's a VERY long list of changes we need to make: how we grow
and eat our food; how we move around; how we get all the power we
use to run our machines; how we stay warm - and keep things cold.
Almost every part of how we live will have to change, in big and
small ways.
What's stopping us?
If we know what we need to do, why aren't we already making those
changes? Some of it is about getting big groups of people to agree
on which changes are the most important, and some of it is to do
with what's going on in our brains.
What can I do?
One person can't fix the crisis alone. But there are a lot of
things that individual people CAN do, no matter how old or young,
or how much power they have.
What happens next?
Andy Prentice (Author)
Ever since he read the Spy's Guidebook when he was eight, Andy has
wanted to write books for Usborne. He's very happy that he got to
fulfill his dream. As well as writing books and stories for
Usborne, Andy has published several fantasy novels about demons and
dark magic. He likes playing board games and making up imaginary
worlds.
Eddie Reynolds (Author)
Eddie joined Usborne Publishing in 2017. Before that, he studied
German and French at Cambridge University, then moved to Berlin
after a short while teaching Ancient History at a school in
Guangzhou, China. Now back in the UK, he writes books about all
sorts, including computers, maps and engineering.
A clear, comprehensive guide to something that often feels too huge
to be understood or coped with. * The Guardian *
An excellent guide for young people to the major issue of our time.
* LoveReading4Kids *
Brilliant new release. An ideal introduction, whatever your
questions might be, this book will have the answers. * The Week
Junior Science + Nature *
Simple language accompanied by vivid illustration is what this book
uses to great effect. From learning how the climate works to how it
affects your life, then, in turn how you affect it this book deals
sensibly and sensitively with the topic so as not to overwhelm but
to educate children, our future. * Armadillo Magazine *
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