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Hot Topic: Global Warming and the Future of New Zealand
- GenresScience
203 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
About the author
Gareth Renowden
6 books5 followersGareth Renowden is a writer, photographer and truffle grower based in the Waipara Valley, New Zealand. His latest book is The Aviator, a story set in a world being battered by climate change and economic collapse - the first in a series dealing with the Burning World. Here's the blurb:
Flying around a world riven by climate change and economic collapse in his hi-tech airship, Lemmy encounters the strange remnants of civilisation - people searching for the singularity, a rocking bishop in his flying cathedral, the last climate sceptics, deep green terrorists, billionaire libertarians in their bubble, and much, much more. Not to mention the goats, the girlfriend with bots in her head and the elixir of life (which is cheese).
Gareth's book on climate change, Hot Topic - Global Warming & The Future of New Zealand, was published by AUT Media in 2007, and shortlisted for the Royal Society of NZ's inaugural science book prize. The Truffle Book (Limestone Hills Publishing 2005) won the Special Jury Award at the 2007 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in Beijing, and he was the keynote speaker at the 2007 Oregon Truffle Festival. He publishes the influential Hot Topic blog (http://hot-topic.co.nz/), covering climate change science and politics in New Zealand.
Flying around a world riven by climate change and economic collapse in his hi-tech airship, Lemmy encounters the strange remnants of civilisation - people searching for the singularity, a rocking bishop in his flying cathedral, the last climate sceptics, deep green terrorists, billionaire libertarians in their bubble, and much, much more. Not to mention the goats, the girlfriend with bots in her head and the elixir of life (which is cheese).
Gareth's book on climate change, Hot Topic - Global Warming & The Future of New Zealand, was published by AUT Media in 2007, and shortlisted for the Royal Society of NZ's inaugural science book prize. The Truffle Book (Limestone Hills Publishing 2005) won the Special Jury Award at the 2007 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in Beijing, and he was the keynote speaker at the 2007 Oregon Truffle Festival. He publishes the influential Hot Topic blog (http://hot-topic.co.nz/), covering climate change science and politics in New Zealand.
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February 28, 2014
An important read about the future. Certainly made me feel pleased that I live in New Zealand where the impact of climate change may be less dramatic than in other parts of the world.
It amazes me in the face of the extremes we are now experiencing every year that there are still people who say climate change isn't happening. A major problem is the short term focus of our elected politicians and the power of business that have interests that aren't sustainable. If you have children and grandchildren, reading books like this will impress on you the legacy you are leaving them. Suddenly the science fiction books and movies don't seem so far fetched.
We need to be aware of the implications of our modern ways of life and make some decisions before we reach a point of no return. The scenarios that are likely to play out include large hugely populated parts of the world where people do not have water to grow their crops, to sustain life effectively. Who is going to take responsibility for that?
Wars will be fought over a resource that we take for granted, water.
Sea levels and temperatures will rise and many areas will become uninhabitable and that will happen in our lifetimes. The first thing we need to do is understand the implications, then we need to make some commitments as to what to do about it. The impact will vary depending on where on the planet you live, but wherever that is there will be an impact. The clock is ticking.
It amazes me in the face of the extremes we are now experiencing every year that there are still people who say climate change isn't happening. A major problem is the short term focus of our elected politicians and the power of business that have interests that aren't sustainable. If you have children and grandchildren, reading books like this will impress on you the legacy you are leaving them. Suddenly the science fiction books and movies don't seem so far fetched.
We need to be aware of the implications of our modern ways of life and make some decisions before we reach a point of no return. The scenarios that are likely to play out include large hugely populated parts of the world where people do not have water to grow their crops, to sustain life effectively. Who is going to take responsibility for that?
Wars will be fought over a resource that we take for granted, water.
Sea levels and temperatures will rise and many areas will become uninhabitable and that will happen in our lifetimes. The first thing we need to do is understand the implications, then we need to make some commitments as to what to do about it. The impact will vary depending on where on the planet you live, but wherever that is there will be an impact. The clock is ticking.
December 12, 2012
Good concise and readable explanation of how climate change is going to effect New Zealand.
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