
Fire and Flood
- Author Eugene Linden
- Narrator Paul Bellantoni
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Run Time 9 hours and 12 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Climate change, Conservation of the environment, Environmental policy and protocols, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Green politics / ecopolitics / environmentalism, History of science, Meteorology and climatology.
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In 1979, President Jimmy Carter was presented with the findings of scientists who had been investigating whether human activities might change the climate in harmful ways. "A wait-and-see policy may mean waiting until it is too late," their report said. They were right -- but no one was listening. Four decades later, we are haunted by the consequences of this inattention, and the years of complacency, obfuscation and denialism that followed. Today, the staggering scale and scope of what we have done to the planet is impossible to ignore: the seasons of fire and flood have crossed into plain view.
Fire and Flood is a comprehensive, compulsively readable history of climate change from veteran environmental journalist Eugene Linden. Linden retells the story of the modern climate change era decade by decade, tracking the progress of four ticking clocks: first, the reality of climate change itself; second, advances in scientific understanding; third, the spread of public awareness; and fourth, the business and finance response. Like no previous writer, Linden has drawn together the elements of the biggest story in the world, in a book that it is gripping as history, as economic investigation, and as scientific thriller.
© Eugene Linden 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
Critics Review
Fascinating … This will be a telling story for a long time to come (assuming we’re around to hear it)
Urgent, meticulous … Linden pulls no punches
Praise for The Winds of Change
Beautifully written … a very thought-provoking volume. Linden manages to weave history, science, and narrative together in a compelling way
Impressive … Linden takes a penetrating historical view
Fascinating
Invaluable
Linden expertly and succinctly describes the natural cycles that control climate and the many ways they interact
Should be required reading for policy makers across the globe
Fascinating-a tour de force. Linden has accumulated a greater comprehension of paleo-climatic and oceanographic issues than all but a very few scientists. I have nothing but admiration for this book
In-depth, expertly researched, eminently readable … Linden combines analysis with solutions as to where humanity should and may go, and those solutions should surprise, enrage, and enlighten readers… Fire and Flood should be on every person’s bookshelf
A hard-hitting study of contemporary climate change, exploring how science, business and public perception have become dangerously misaligned … Linden cuts through the thickets of information to deftly guide the reader towards knowledge that is urgently required in this troubling age
Refreshing… Eugene Linden tells a sorry story of good intentions backed by serious research
Linden’s aim is true and, even if he doesn’t name names, his analysis of the financial industry’s role in the climate crisis is fresh… Fire and Flood stays on the shelf
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