The Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change

226 Pages·2022·22.376 MB·English

by  Yoram Bauman, Grady Klein

Praise for
The Cartoon Introduction
to Climate Change
“Illustrated with deceptively simple black-and-white art that
masterfully supports the text, this book provides a skillful tour of
the issues that face our developing world and it serves as a model
of how educational works of this sort should be crafted.”
-Publishers Weekly
“Yoram Bauman and Grady Klein find a way to make climate change
humorous and comprehensible in this visuals-driven book.”
-Los Angeles Times
“It’s difficult to imagine that a book about climate change could be
easy to understand, let alone funny. But Yoram Bauman and Grady
Klein’s The Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change, an illustrated
book that walks readers through the basics of climate science, is
both... approachable and engaging.”
-The Nature Conservancy
“Rarely do you read books that attempt to deal with the world’s
biggest problems and present the information in a way that
the average public can absorb it. Bravo to Yoram Bauman and
Grady Klein, and thank you on behalf of everyone who is deeply
concerned about this issue.”
-Mark Reynolds, Executive Director, Citizens Climate Lobby
“A clear, concise rendition of the story of human-induced climate
change, candid and yet brimming with warm-hearted humor and
well-founded optimism. Gently persuasive, beautifully illustrated...
an innovative springboard for discussion of what we can do as
individuals and as a society to turn down the heat in our planetary
‘compost pile.’”
-John Michael Wallace, Professor Emeritus,
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington,
and co-author of Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey
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The cartoon
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Brian Arbogast Lars Henrikson Deb Rudnick
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The cartoon
introduction to
climate
change
By Grady Klein and
Yoram Bauman, Ph D
. .
the World’s first and only Stand–up Economist
Text copyright © 2014, 2022, Yoram Bauman
Artwork copyright © 2014, 2022, Grady Klein
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Keywords: Cap and Trade, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Tax, Economic Development,
Energy Efficiency, Extreme Weather, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming,
Greenhouse Gases, Ice Age, Milankovitch Cycles, IPCC—Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change, Methane, Renewable Energy, Sea Level Rise
For Anne and Liam and benjamin
—GK
For my friends and mentors at Reed College and Sightline Institute,
especially Noel Netusil, Mike Foley, and Alan Durning
—YB