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List of climate change books

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This is a list of climate change books that describe, as a major theme, the effects of human activity on climate change.

Non-fiction

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Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject that is presented as fact. This presentation may be accurate or not; that is, it can give either a true or a false account of the subject in question. However, it is generally assumed that the authors of such accounts believe them to be truthful at the time of their composition.

Title Theme(s) and subtheme(s) Author(s) Year(s) ISBN(s)
What We Can't Burn: Friendship and Friction in the Fight for Our Energy Future Climate change the energy transition climate activism Eve Driver Tom Osborn 2024 ISBN 978-1-958510-03-2
I’m A Climate Optimist: An Easy Guide to Lead a Sustainable Life[1] Climate Change Aakash Ranison 2023 ISBN 978-0143460428 (IN)
An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming Global warming: skepticism about impact Nigel Lawson 2008 ISBN 978-0-7156-3786-9 (UK);
ISBN 978-1-59020-084-1 (US)
Atlas of Our Changing Environment Climate change United Nations Environment Programme 2005–
The Carbon Age: How Life's Core Element Has Become Civilization's Greatest Threat Climate change Eric Roston 2008 ISBN 978-0-80271751-1
The Carbon War: Global Warming and the End of the Oil Era Global warming Jeremy Leggett 1999
This Changes Everything Climate change: the impact of capitalism Naomi Klein 2014 ISBN 978-1-45169738-4
The Chilling Stars Climate change: cosmic rays as major contributor Henrik Svensmark and Nigel Calder 2003;
2007 (updated)
ISBN 1-84046-815-7
The Climate Book Causes, effects and possible solutions to the climate crisis Greta Thunberg and many others 2022 ISBN 978-0-241-54747-2
Climate Capitalism: Capitalism in the Age of Climate Change Climate change: efficient energy use and renewable energy Hunter Lovins and Boyd Cohen 2011 ISBN 978-0-8090-3473-4
Climate Change and Global Energy Security: Technology and Policy Options Climate change mitigation and global energy security Marilyn A. Brown and Benjamin K. Sovacool 2011 ISBN 978-0-262-01625-4
Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand Climate change denial Haydn Washington and John Cook; foreword by Naomi Oreskes 2011 ISBN 978-1-84971-336-8
Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action Global warming: "sustainability emergency" David Spratt and Philip Sutton 2008 ISBN 1-921372-20-6
Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming Global warming: high cost and low impact of countermeasures Bjørn Lomborg 2007 ISBN 978-0-307-26692-7
The Deniers: The world-renowned scientists who stood up against global warming hysteria, political persecution, and fraud Global warming: denial by reputable scientists Lawrence Solomon 2008 ISBN 978-0-9800763-1-8
The Dirty Energy Dilemma: What’s Blocking Clean Power in the United States Energy: four challenges and four solutions Benjamin K. Sovacool 2008
The Discovery of Global Warming Global warming: history of scientific discoveries Spencer R. Weart 2003
Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming Reference, scholarly work, list of solutions with estimated impact and costs Paul Hawken 2017 ISBN 978-0-143-13044-4
Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet Climate change: statistics and causes Bill McKibben 2010 ISBN 978-0-8050-9056-7
The End of Energy Obesity: Breaking Today's Energy Addiction for a Prosperous and Secure Tomorrow Energy: oil prices, economic growth, environmental law, renewable energy, and global recession Peter Tertzakian 2009
The End of Nature Global warming: human manipulation of natural forces Bill McKibben 1989 ISBN 0-8129-7608-8
Energy and American Society: Thirteen Myths Energy: counter-arguments to 13 propositions about US culture and the environment Benjamin K. Sovacool and Marilyn A. Brown (editors) 2007
Energy Autonomy: The Economic, Social & Technological Case for Renewable Energy Energy: renewable energy commercialization Hermann Scheer 2006 ISBN 1-84407355-6
Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? Climate change: modern developments Bill McKibben 2019
Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change Climate change: causes and effects in various places on Earth Elizabeth Kolbert 2006 ISBN 1-59691-125-5
Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy Energy: energy efficiency, renewable energy, and natural gas Mark Diesendorf 2007 ISBN 978-0-86840-973-3
Half Gone: Oil, Gas, Hot Air and the Global Energy Crisis Energy: oil depletion and global warming Jeremy Leggett 2005
Hard Choices: Climate Change in Canada Climate change: effects in Canada Harold Coward and Andrew J. Weaver 2004 ISBN 978-0-88920442-3
Heaven and Earth: Global Warming — The Missing Science Global warming: dispute of scientific consensus on climate change Ian Plimer 2009 ISBN 0-7043-7166-9
Hell and High Water: Global Warming — the Solution and the Politics — and What We Should Do Global warming: evidence for dire consequences of inaction Joseph J. Romm 2006 ISBN 0-06-117212-X
High and Dry: John Howard, Climate Change and the Selling of Australia's Future Global warming: industrial lobbyists in Australia Guy Pearse 2007
The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines Climate change: hockey stick graph Michael E. Mann 2012 ISBN 0-23115254-X
The Hockey Stick Illusion: Climategate and the Corruption of Science Climate change: hockey stick graph and Climatic Research Unit email controversy Andrew Montford 2010 ISBN 978-1-906768-35-5
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--And How It Can Renew America Various themes: clean energy, globalization, and population growth Thomas L. Friedman 2008
How to Live a Low-Carbon Life: The Individual's Guide to Stopping Climate Change Consumerism: reducing carbon footprint Chris Goodall 2007 ISBN 978-1-84407426-6
The Hype about Hydrogen: Fact and Fiction in the Race to Save the Climate Climate change: clean energy, advanced vehicles, energy security, and greenhouse gas mitigation Joseph J. Romm 2004 ISBN 1-55963-703-X;
ISBN 1-55963-704-8
An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It Global warming: speed and extent documented with text and images Al Gore 2006 ISBN 1-59486-567-1
Klima Macht Geschichte: Menschheitsgeschichte als Abbild der Klimaentwicklung Climate change Kenneth J. Hsu 2000
Living in the Hothouse: How Global Warming Affects Australia Climate change: government policy in Australia Ian Lowe 2005
Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming Global warming: comparisons with tobacco smoking, acid rain, and the ozone hole Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway 2010 ISBN 978-1-59691-610-4
Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis Climate change: solutions (concentrated solar power, cogeneration, and biochar) Al Gore 2009
Plows, Plagues and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate Various themes: agriculture, diseases, and fossil fuels William Ruddiman 2005
Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option Various themes: energy policy, and arguments against nuclear power Ian Lowe 2007 ISBN 978-1-86395-412-9
The Real Global Warming Disaster (Is The Obsession With 'Climate Change' Turning Out To Be the Most Costly Scientific Blunder In History?) Global warming: climate change denial from a denial perspective Christopher Booker 2009
Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth about Climate Change Climate change: climate change denial from the perspective of climate change belief Clive Hamilton 2010 ISBN 978-1-84971-081-7
The Revenge of Gaia: Why the Earth is Fighting Back - and How we Can Still Save Humanity Various themes James Lovelock 2007 ISBN 0-14-102597-2
Scorched: South Africa's Changing Climate Climate change Leonie Joubert 2007
Scorcher: The Dirty Politics of Climate Change Climate change: Kyoto Protocol and Australian politics Clive Hamilton 2007 ISBN 978-0-9775949-0-0
Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet Climate change: effects from global temperature increasing by one to six degrees Mark Lynas 2007 ISBN 978-0-00-720905-7
Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming Global warming: effect on hurricanes Chris Mooney 2007
Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity Climate change: fossil fuels James Hansen 2009 ISBN 978-1-60819-200-7
Straight Up: America's Fiercest Climate Blogger Takes on the Status Quo Media, Politicians, and Clean Energy Solutions Various themes: energy security, energy efficiency, green energy, and sustainable transport Joseph J. Romm 2010 ISBN 1-59726-716-3
Surviving the Century: Facing Climate Chaos and Other Global Challenges Various themes: climate change, renewable energy commercialization, sustainable cities, and cradle-to-cradle design Herbert Girardet 2007
Taken By Storm: The Troubled Science, Policy and Politics of Global Warming Global warming controversy: personalities and communication Ross McKitrick and Christopher Essex 2002 ISBN 978-1-55263-946-7
Ten Technologies to Save the Planet (first edition) or Ten Technologies to Fix Energy and Climate (second edition) Various themes: technologies for reducing greenhouse gases Chris Goodall 2008 (first edition);
2009 (second edition)
ISBN 978-1-84668-868-3
Twisted: The Distorted Mathematics of Greenhouse Denial Climate change: environmental skepticism Ian G. Enting 2007 ISBN 978-0-646-48012-1
The Uninhabitable Earth. Life After Warming Global warming David Wallace-Wells 2019 ISBN 978-0-525-57670-9 (US)
Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years Global warming: natural causes S. Fred Singer and Dennis T. Avery 2006 ISBN 978-0-7425-5117-6
The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change Climate change: consequences of global warming Tim Flannery 2005 ISBN 1-920885-84-6
The Weather of the Future: Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes From a Climate-Changed Planet Climate change: dangers from greenhouse gases from fossil fuels Heidi Cullen 2010
Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto Various themes: climate change, urbanization, and biotechnology Stewart Brand 2009 ISBN 978-0-670-02121-5
Why We Disagree About Climate Change: Understanding Controversy, Inaction and Opportunity Climate change: differing views from various disciplines Mike Hulme 2009 ISBN 978-0-521-72732-7

Fiction

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Title Theme(s) Author(s) Year ISBN(s)
The Helix Cultivating our inner ability to create the world we want Yasmeen Cohen 2022 ISBN 979-8-84881345-6
The Forgotten Enemy Climate change Arthur C. Clarke 1949
Mother of Storms Climate change: giant hurricane caused by nuclear explosion John Barnes 1994 ISBN 0-312-85560-5
Fairhaven[2] Innovators, engineers, and visionaries struggle against the odds to bring climate solutions to Southeast Asia and to the world. Genevieve Hilton (writing as Jan Lee) and Steve Willis 2024 ISBN 978-1-73908892-7

See also

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References

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  1. ^ I'm A Climate Optimist by Penguin Random House Penguin Random House.co.in
  2. ^ Mir, Noreen (2024-02-29). "Genevieve Hilton - Fairhaven – A Novel of Climate Optimism". Brunch with Noreen. RTHK. Radio 3. Retrieved 2024-03-27.