Elizabeth May is the former leader of the Green Party of Canada. She founded and served as the Executive Director of the Sierra Club Canada from 1989 to 2006. May has been the Member of Parliament in Canada since May 2011. John Kidder was a founding member of the Green Party in British Columbia. He has been a cowboy, miner, fisher, range management specialist, technology entrepreneur, small farmer, and governance practitioner since then. The authors married on Earth Day 2019.
Introduction 1
Part 1: Understanding Climate Change 5
Chapter 1: Covering the Basics of Climate Change 7
Chapter 2: Looking Closely at Greenhouse Earth 27
Chapter 3: Recognizing the Big Deal about Carbon 47
Part 2: Tracking Down the Causes 61
Chapter 4: Living in the Dark Ages of Fossil Fuels 63
Chapter 5: Getting Right to the Source: The Big Emitters 77
Chapter 6: Taking It Personally: Individual Sources of Emissions 91
Part 3: Examining the Effects of Climate Change 101
Chapter 7: Focusing on Not-So-Natural Disasters 103
Chapter 8: Risking Flora and Fauna: Impacts on Plants and Animals 121
Chapter 9: Hitting Home: Global Warming's Direct Effect on People 137
Part 4: Political Progress: Fighting Global Warming Nationally and Internationally 155
Chapter 10: Voting for Your Future: What Governments Can Do 157
Chapter 11: Beyond Borders: Progress on a Global Level 187
Chapter 12: Developing in the Face of Climate Change 201
Part 5: Solving the Problem 221
Chapter 13: Powering the World -- Renewable Green Energy 223
Chapter 14: Show Me the Money: Business and Industrial Solutions 249
Chapter 15: Activists without Borders: Nongovernmental Organizations 271
Chapter 16: Lights, Camera, Action: The Media and Climate Change 285
Chapter 17: Figuring Out How to Change before Global Warming Is Unstoppable 297
Part 6: The Part of Tens 315
Chapter 18: Ten (Plus One) Things You Can Do to Fight Climate Change 317
Chapter 19: Ten (Plus Three) Inspiring Leaders in the Fight 329
Chapter 20: Top Ten Myths about Climate Change Debunked 337
Chapter 21: Ten (Plus One) Online Climate Change Resources 345
Index 351
