Michael E. Mann

A renowned climate scientist shows how fossil fuel companies have waged a thirty-year campaign to deflect blame and responsibility for climate change onto the individual, and offers a battle plan for how we can save the planet. Recycle. Fly less. Eat less meat. These are some of the tactics that we've been told can slow climate change. But most of these recommendations are a result of a multi-pronged marketing campaign that has succeeded in placing the responsibility for fixing climate change squarely on the shoulders of individuals. Fossil fuel companies have followed the example of other industries deflecting blame (think "guns don't kill people, people kill people") or greenwashing (think of the beverage industry's "Crying Indian" commercials of the 1970s). Meanwhile, they've blocked efforts to regulate or price carbon emissions, run PR campaigns aimed at discrediting viable alternatives, and have abdicated their responsibility in fixing the problem they've created. The result has been disastrous for our planet. In The New Climate War, Mann argues that all is not lost. He draws the battle lines between the people and the polluters--fossil fuel companies, right-wing plutocrats, and petrostates. And he outlines a plan for forcing our governments and corporations to wake up and make real change, including: a common-sense, attainable approach to carbon tax-- an overhaul of the flawed Green New Deal; allowing renewable energy to compete fairly against fossil fuels debunking the false narratives and arguments that have worked their way into the climate debate and driven a wedge between even those who support climate change solutions how to combat climate doomism With immensely powerful vested interests aligned in defense of the fossil fuel status quo, the societal tipping point won't happen without the active participation of citizens everywhere aiding in the collective push forward. This book will reach, inform, and enable citizens everywhere to join this battle for our planet.

The Fight to Take Back Our Planet

The New Climate War

Tom Toles

The award-winning climate scientist Michael E. Mann and the Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Tom Toles have been on the front lines of the fight against climate denialism for most of their careers. The Madhouse Effect offers a clever lampoon of the fallacious claims and absurd arguments of climate-science deniers.

How Climate Change Denial is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy

The Madhouse Effect

John Cook

Michael Brüggemann

Sara Schurmann

Maren Urner

Medien in der Klima-Krise

A member of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change examines the fossil-fuel industry's public relations campaign to discredit the science of climate change and deny the reality of global warming.

Dispatches from the Front Lines

The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars

How Lessons from the Earth's Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis

Our Fragile Moment

Megan Herbert

Tantrums are bad--except when they save the world. An environmental picture book about finding your voice, taking collective action, and saving the planet--for kids ages 5 - 9. Sophia’s minding her own business when--bing bong!--the doorbell announces an unexpected guest: a polar bear. Despite Sophia’s protests, he walks right in, making himself at home. His ice cap is melting--where else is he supposed to go? Soon, more visitors arrive: a dispirited sea turtle and farmers whose lands have gone dry are joined by confused bees, more climate refugees, and a grumpy Bengal tiger. Sophia is frustrated and confused. She doesn’t understand why they showed up at her house...or what any of this has to do with her. But as Sophia hears their stories, she learns that this is her fight, too...and discovers the power of collective action, the strength of her own voice, and how all of us are stronger together. They head to City Hall only to wait around for hours before being dismissed, and Sophia just can’t hold it in anymore: Sophia’s strong feelings smouldered once more, And this time they’d gotten too big to ignore. Raging with purpose, with banners unfurled, She kicked off a tantrum to save the whole world! And she does--and so can you. An inspirational, beautifully illustrated picture book for kids aged 5 to 9, The Tantrum that Saved the World is part environmental story, part ode to community action, and part blueprint for building a better world--together, for all of us.

The Tantrum That Saved the World

Mit einem Vorwort des deutschen Science4Future-Wissenschaftlers Volker Quaschning und einem Nachwort des Meteorologen Özden Terli. Der renommierte Klimawissenschaftler Michel E. Mann zeigt, wie die fossile Brennstoffindustrie seit 30 Jahren eine Kampagne führt, um von Schuld und Verantwortung abzulenken und Maßnahmen gegen den Klimawandel zu verzögern. In dem Buch präsentiert er seinen Aktionsplan zur Rettung des Planeten. Recyceln. Weniger Fliegen. Weniger Fleisch essen. Das sind nur einige der Maßnahmen, von denen uns gesagt wurde, dass sie den Klimawandel verlangsamen können. Aber die übermäßige Betonung des individuellen Verhaltens ist das Ergebnis einer Marketingkampagne, die es geschafft hat, die Verantwortung für die Bewältigung des drohenden Klimawandels vollständig auf die Schultern des Einzelnen zu legen. Die Unternehmen der fossilen Brennstoffindustrie sind dem Beispiel anderer Branchen gefolgt, die ebenso die Schuld von sich weisen – man denke nur an "Waffen töten keine Menschen, Menschen töten Menschen" – oder an das Greenwashing der Getränkeindustrie mit der "Crying Indian" Kampagne in den 1970er Jahren. Gleichzeitig blockieren sie Bemühungen, den Ausstoß von Kohlenstoffdioxid zu regulieren oder zu bepreisen. Sie führen PR-Kampagnen durch, die darauf abzielen, praktikable Alternativen zu diskreditieren. Und sie entziehen sich ihrer Verantwortung, das von ihnen geschaffene Problem zu lösen. Das Ergebnis ist für unseren Planeten verheerend. In "Propagandaschlacht ums Klima" vertritt Michael E. Mann die Ansicht, dass noch nicht alles verloren ist. Er beschreibt die Fronten zwischen den Verbrauchern und den Verursachern – den Unternehmen der fossilen Brennstoffindustrie, den rechtsgerichteten Plutokraten und den Petrostaaten. Und er skizziert einen Plan, um unsere Regierungen und Konzerne zu zwingen, aufzuwachen und echte Veränderungen vorzunehmen, einschließlich: - einer vernünftigen, realistischen Herangehensweise bei der Bepreisung von CO2 und einer Korrektur der gut gemeinten, aber fehlerhaften, derzeit vorgeschlagenen Version des Green New Deals; - einer fairen Konkurrenz zwischen Erneuerbaren Energien und fossilen Energieträgern; - der Entlarvung falscher Narrative und Argumente, die sich in die Klimadebatte eingeschlichen haben und einen Keil zwischen diejenigen treiben, die Lösungen für den Klimawandel unterstützen; - einer Bekämpfung von Klimauntergangsstimmung und Hoffnungslosigkeit. Angesichts der immens mächtigen Interessen, die den Status quo der fossilen Brennstoffe verteidigen, wird der gesellschaftliche Wandel nur mit der aktiven Beteiligung der Bürger gelingen, die den gemeinsamen Vorstoß unterstützen. Dieses Buch will überall die Menschen erreichen, informieren und befähigen, sich dem Kampf um unseren Planeten anzuschließen.

Wie wir die Anstifter politischer Untätigkeit besiegen

Propagandaschlacht ums Klima (Telepolis)

Wie wir die Anstifter klimapolitischer Untätigkeit besiegen

Propagandaschlacht ums Klima

Il pluripremiato scienziato del clima Michael E. Mann e il vignettista politico, vincitore del premio Pulitzer, Tom Toles sono stati in prima linea nella lotta contro il negazionismo climatico per la maggior parte delle loro carriere. Hanno assistito alla manipolazione dei mezzi di comunicazione per interessi economici e politici e al gioco spregiudicato e fazioso su questioni che riguardano il benessere di miliardi di persone. Le lezioni che hanno imparato hanno ispirato questa brillante via di fuga dal manicomio delle guerre sul clima. La Terra brucia ritrae i contorsionismi mentali cui devono ricorrere i negazionisti per distorcere ogni logica e per nascondere le prove di quanto l’attività umana abbia cambiato il clima della Terra. Le sicure competenze di Mann nella comunicazione scientifica si propongono di riportare equilibrio nel dibattito sempre acceso contro un consenso scientifico ampiamente riconosciuto. Le vignette di Toles smascherano con ironia le strategie antiscientifiche. La sinergia di questi due crociati della scienza del clima si propone di convertire alla vera scienza anche i dubbiosi più irriducibili.

Perché negare il cambiamento climatico minaccia il nostro pianeta

La terra brucia

Nejezte maso. Jezděte vlakem. Méně se sprchujte. A hlavně nechtějte nic po korporacích. Z klimatické změny se v současnosti stal obecně přijímaný fakt. Její existenci, projevy a hrozby už téměř nikdo nezpochybňuje. Bylo by však předčasné jásat nad vítězstvím vědeckého poznání a zdravého rozumu: to jen popírači, pochybovači a dezinformátoři změnili strategii. Proto dnes sice nikdo klimatickou krizi nepopírá, o to více rozporů však panuje v otázkách, co s ní dělat — a jestli vůbec něco. Do veřejného a mediálního prostoru tak o environmentálních tématech kromě vědců a politiků promlouvají také korporátní PR oddělení, lobbistické skupiny nebo záhadné think-tanky. Jejich cíl je jednoznačný: navenek projevovat starost o planetu, ve skutečnosti však hájit status quo. Nová klimatická válka se tudíž nevede ani tak na vědeckém poli, jako spíše na tom mediálním. Klimatolog Michael E. Mann se této války ve jménu vědy účastní již léta a ve své poslední knize ukazuje, co všechno je v ohrožení. ––– Fosilní průmysl je desítky let zodpovědný za klimatickou krizi, která dnes dopadá na mou generaci. Michael E. Mann jej v Nové klimatické válce s touto zodpovědností konfrontuje a navrhuje odvážné kroky, které musíme všichni udělat, abychom zápas o záchranu naší planety vyhráli. — Greta Thunbergová, aktivistka Tato kniha bere čtenáře za bojové linie, do několik desetiletí dlouhé informační války vedené fosilním průmyslem a jeho podporovateli. Michael E. Mann ze své perspektivy bojovníka za vědecké poznání nabízí naději a cestu pro všechny, kdo se snaží upozornit na systémové problémy způsobující klimatickou změnu. — Leonardo DiCaprio

Jak si vzít planetu zpět

Nová klimatická válka

DK Publishing

Lee R. Kump

Explore global warming with graphics, illustrations, and charts that separate climate change fact from fiction, presenting the truth about global warming in a way that's both accurate and easy to understand. Respected climate scientists Michael E. Mann and Lee R. Kump address important questions about global warming and climate change, diving into the information documented by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) and breaking it down into clear graphics that explain complex climate questions in simple illustrations that present the truth of the global warming problem clearly. These experts take scientific findings about climate change and global warming and use analogies, striking images, and understandable graphics to make the global warming question clear to both skeptics and scientists.Dire Predictions shows the evidence and the causes that respected scientists have documented in IPCC findings and climate change studies — this powerful, illustrated book is updated with the latest IPCC information and is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding global warming and climate change and in joining the debate over the best way to combat global warming.

Dire Predictions

The ongoing assault on climate science in the United States has never been more aggressive, more blatant, or more widely publicized than in the case of the Hockey Stick graph—a clear and compelling visual presentation of scientific data, put together by Michael E. Mann and his colleagues, demonstrating that global temperatures have risen in conjunction with the increase in industrialization and the use of fossil fuels. Here was an easy-to-understand graph that, in a glance, posed a threat to major corporate energy interests and those who do their political bidding. The stakes were simply too high to ignore the Hockey Stick—and so began a relentless attack on a body of science and on the investigators whose work formed its scientific basis. The Hockey Stick achieved prominence in a 2001 UN report on climate change and quickly became a central icon in the “climate wars.” The real issue has never been the graph’s data but rather its implied threat to those who oppose governmental regulation and other restraints to protect the environment and planet. Mann, lead author of the original paper in which the Hockey Stick first appeared, shares the story of the science and politics behind this controversy. He reveals key figures in the oil and energy industries and the media front groups who do their bidding in sometimes slick, sometimes bare-knuckled ways. Mann concludes with the real story of the 2009 “Climategate” scandal, in which climate scientists’ emails were hacked. This is essential reading for all who care about our planet’s health and our own well-being.

Michael E. Mann

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