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How can we defuse extremism, spur positive action, and win allies in the fight against climate change? Ask United Nations Champion of the Earth and World Evangelical Alliance climate ambassador Katharine Hayhoe. As a Canadian living in Texas, climate scientist Katharine has learned how to successfully navigate the political minefield of the climate change debate. She negotiates skepticism of the basic science, indifference to the harmful impacts of climate change, and resistance to the actions we need to take to avoid those risks. Rejecting scare tactics or guilt trips, she engages with the cautious and the doubtful by finding shared values-and she says you can, too.
In The Answer to Climate Change, Hayhoe describes her own journey in talking about climate, connecting with readers and circumventing the old lines of political ideology and personal belief. The result is an engaging look at science, faith, and human psychology, without the political theater. She argues that alarmism around climate turns off the undecided and promotes hopelessness among those who want to bring about change. Instead, she illustrates the shared values climate change puts at risk, explains readily-at-hand solutions we can all take part in now, and gives readers tools with which to engage others in the cause.
How can we start a conversation with our families, friends and colleagues about climate change? With warmth and humanity, Katharine shows how all of us can, and why all of us must, play a role in saving our future.
In The Answer to Climate Change, Hayhoe describes her own journey in talking about climate, connecting with readers and circumventing the old lines of political ideology and personal belief. The result is an engaging look at science, faith, and human psychology, without the political theater. She argues that alarmism around climate turns off the undecided and promotes hopelessness among those who want to bring about change. Instead, she illustrates the shared values climate change puts at risk, explains readily-at-hand solutions we can all take part in now, and gives readers tools with which to engage others in the cause.
How can we start a conversation with our families, friends and colleagues about climate change? With warmth and humanity, Katharine shows how all of us can, and why all of us must, play a role in saving our future.