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Climate change denial
Title statement Climate change denial : heads in the sand / Haydn Washington and John Cook Personal name Washington, Haydn, 1955- (author) Publication London : Earthscan, [2011] Copyright notice date ©2011 Phys.des. 1 online zdroj (xviii, 174 stran) : ilustrace ISBN 9781136530050 (online ; pdf) 1136530053 Internal Bibliographies/Indexes Note Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy a rejstřík Contents 1. Denial and the nature of science : What is denial? ; Science, uncertainty and the 'preponderance of evidence' -- 2. Climate science : Probability ; 'Forcing' ; Natural and human-caused greenhouse effect ; The carbon cycle ; Modelling ; Feedback ; Runaway climate change ; Is there a safe level of CO₂? ; The spinning 'greenhouse gamble' roulette wheel ; So what? Is there really a problem? ; Scientific and ethical disconnects -- 3. The five types of climate change denial argument : Conspiracy theories ; Fake experts ; Impossible expectations ; Misrepresentations and logical fallacies ; Cherry-picking ; Conclusion -- 4. The history of denial : The long history of denial ; Heaven and Earth -- 5. Do we let denial prosper? : Fear of change ; Failure in values ; Fixation on economics and society ; Ignorance of ecology and exponential growth ; Gambling on the future ; The media ; Despair, apathy and confusion ; Denial within our governments ; Psychological types of denial -- 6. Rolling back denial: the big picture : Because we let it ; What stops us accepting reality? ; Population ; The 'tragedy of the commons' continues ; How do you go about solving climate change? -- 7. Rolling back denial: the technological solutions : Technologies, appropriate and inappropriate ; Renewable energy ; Is nuclear power the way out? ; Is carbon capture and storage the solution? -- 8. Summary and conclusion -- Appendix: Greenscam and denial groups. Notes to Availability Přístup pouze pro oprávněné uživatele Note Způsob přístupu: World Wide Web Defekty eBooks on EBSCOhost Another responsib. Cook, John (author) Subj. Headings klimatické změny climate changes * globální oteplování global warming * psychologické aspekty psychological aspects Form, Genre elektronické knihy electronic books Conspect 551 - Geologie. Meteorologie. Klimatologie UDC 551.583 , 159.9 , 504.7 , 551.588.7 , (0.034.2:08) Country Anglie Language angličtina Document kind Electronic sources URL http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=480088 
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Humans have always used denial. When we are afraid, guilty, confused, or when something interferes with our self-image, we tend to deny it. Yet denial is a delusion. When it impacts on the health of oneself, or society, or the world it becomes a pathology. Climate change denial is such a case. Paradoxically, as the climate science has become more certain, denial about the issue has increased. The paradox lies in the denial. There is a denial industry funded by the fossil fuel companies that literally denies the science, and seeks to confuse the public. There is denial within governments, where.
1. Denial and the nature of science : What is denial? ; Science, uncertainty and the 'preponderance of evidence' -- 2. Climate science : Probability ; 'Forcing' ; Natural and human-caused greenhouse effect ; The carbon cycle ; Modelling ; Feedback ; Runaway climate change ; Is there a safe level of CO₂? ; The spinning 'greenhouse gamble' roulette wheel ; So what? Is there really a problem? ; Scientific and ethical disconnects -- 3. The five types of climate change denial argument : Conspiracy theories ; Fake experts ; Impossible expectations ; Misrepresentations and logical fallacies ; Cherry-picking ; Conclusion -- 4. The history of denial : The long history of denial ; Heaven and Earth -- 5. Do we let denial prosper? : Fear of change ; Failure in values ; Fixation on economics and society ; Ignorance of ecology and exponential growth ; Gambling on the future ; The media ; Despair, apathy and confusion ; Denial within our governments ; Psychological types of denial -- 6. Rolling back denial: the big picture : Because we let it ; What stops us accepting reality? ; Population ; The 'tragedy of the commons' continues ; How do you go about solving climate change? -- 7. Rolling back denial: the technological solutions : Technologies, appropriate and inappropriate ; Renewable energy ; Is nuclear power the way out? ; Is carbon capture and storage the solution? -- 8. Summary and conclusion -- Appendix: Greenscam and denial groups.
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