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Requiem for a Species is a 2010 book by Clive Hamilton which explores climate change denial and its implications. Hamilton has written about climate change for 15 years, and contends the "world is on a path to a very unpleasant future and it is too late to stop it".[1] Hamilton argues that to believe anything else is to deny the climate change truth and engage in wishful thinking, yet people continue to resist the truth about climate change.[2]
Hamilton makes his argument in three stages. First, he reviews the evidence about how serious the situation is already and how much worse it will get. Second, he examines the roots of our denial, both in terms of our resistance to the evidence and in relation to the actors and agencies motivated to deny climate change. Last, he looks at some future scenarios and reflects on what people should do.[2]
Requiem for a Species was "Book of the week" in the Times Higher Education supplement on 3 June 2010.[2] An extract of the book appeared in The Guardian on 16 April 2010.[3]
Clive Hamilton is professor of public ethics at the Australian Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE). Before joining CAPPE, he was executive director and founder of the The Australia Institute, a progressive think tank.[2]
References
- ^ Kelsey Munro. Too late for all but prayers The Sydney Morning Herald, February 27, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Steven Yearley. Book of the week: Requiem for a Species Times Higher Education, 3 June 2010.
- ^ Clive Hamilton. Extract: Requiem for a Species by Clive Hamilton The Guardian, 16 April 2010.