What's Wrong with Climate Politics and How to Fix It

  • Paul G. Harris
POLITY: 2013. 296 pp. £19.99

Governments have so far failed to stem global emissions of greenhouse gases. Political scientist Paul G. Harris diagnoses what is wrong with climate politics and prescribes ways to revive our ailing planet before it's too late. In doing so, he proposes a new kind of climate diplomacy with people at its centre, national policies with focus on the responsibilities of individuals alongside those of nations and a campaign for simultaneously enhancing human well-being and environmental sustainability.

Climate Dynamics

  • Kerry H. Cook
PRINCETON UNIV. PRESS: 2013. 216 pp. £44.95

Climate change research requires an understanding of the climate system. This textbook offers an introduction to the dynamics of Earth's climate, targeted at the undergraduate level, assuming no background in atmospheric or ocean sciences. The climate system is described, introducing terminology and climate variables and processes. The book then progresses to the atmospheric, ocean and hydrological cycles, and the how and why of climate change.