Cut Super Climate Pollutants Now!: The Ozone Treaty's Urgent Lessons for Speeding Up Climate Action

by Alan Miller First Frame Magazine, Durwood Zaelke, Stephen O. Andersen

We have a decade or less to radically slow global warming before we risk hitting irreversible tipping points that will lock in catastrophic climate change. The good news is that we know how to slow global warming enough to avert disaster. Cut Super Climate Pollutants Now! explains how a 10-year sprint to cut short-lived “super climate pollutants” -- primarily HFC refrigerants, black carbon (soot), and methane -- can cut the rate of global warming in half, so we can stay in the race to net zero climate emissions by 2050.

167 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 14, 2021

Reviews

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

An Absolute Must Read!

I have long felt there was a gap between the powerful data being accumulated by climate scientists and the urgent need to communicate the implications of this data to policy makers and individuals. This book fills that gap.

In calm, clear language, the authors describe the sobering facts about tipping points and feedback loops and then paint a picture of hope IF we quickly participate in the sprint to 2030 (by reducing super climate pollutants) alongside the marathon to 2050 (getting to net zero CO2 emissions). By shining a light on four super climate pollutants--hydrofluorocarbons, methane, tropospheric ozone and black carbon--the authors break down the complexity of the climate crisis into bite-sized pieces that can be acted upon.

This eminently readable book should be on everyone's bedside table. Better yet...already read and handed off to a friend.