{"product_id":"9781863956086","title":"Why We Argue about Climate Change","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA new perspective on a diabolical problem.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClimate change is one of the most polarising issues of our time, but it doesn’t have to be that way. In \u003cem\u003eWhy We Argue about Climate Change\u003c\/em\u003e, Eric Knight unpicks the misconceptions that keep us arguing about, and stop us seeing, the true nature of the problem - and its solutions.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy can’t we learn anything about climate change from snowstorms or scorching temperatures? How have sceptics and believers confused politics and science in their war for public opinion? Is climate change a moral challenge or a technological one? With optimism and clarity, Knight cuts through the distortions and distractions and proposes a better way forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy We Argue about Climate Change \u003c\/em\u003eis essential reading for anyone who wants to solve the puzzle of a warming planet rather than squabble about the weather. It contains expanded and updated chapters from Knight’s acclaimed book \u003cem\u003eReframe\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as much new material.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Eric Knight is provoking us to consider not just \u003cem\u003ewhat\u003c\/em\u003e we think, but \u003cem\u003ehow\u003c\/em\u003e we think.’ - Waleed Aly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Knight is ... not just logical and lucid but also consistently interesting and challenging.’ - \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eAge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the author: \u003c\/strong\u003eEric Knight is the author of \u003cem\u003eReframe: How to Solve the World’s Trickiest Problems\u003c\/em\u003e. A former Rhodes Scholar, he has worked as an economics consultant to the OECD, the UN and the World Bank and written for the\u003cem\u003e Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/em\u003e, the\u003cem\u003e Age\u003c\/em\u003e, the\u003cem\u003e Drum\u003c\/em\u003e, the\u003cem\u003e Spectator\u003c\/em\u003e and the\u003cem\u003e Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e. His work on climate change has fed into both sides of Australian politics and he is a visiting research fellow in economic geography at the University of Oxford. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRedbacks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e - books with bite.\u003c\/strong\u003e Short books on big issues by leading Australian writers and thinkers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032913854704,"sku":"9781863956086","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781863956086_p0.jpg?v=1763601500","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781863956086","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}