Product Information
Opportunities Beyond Carbon presents climate change as potentially the 'best crisis we ever had'. It maps the many opportunities for communities large and small, local and international, making the transition to a low carbon ecomy. John O'Brien has compiled essays by key politicians, investors, business people, activists and academics on how to make the most of the current predicament. This fresh, lucid and practical optimism for the future offers a foundation for an entirely new and proactive attitude to climate change.Product Identifiers
PublisherMelbourne University Press, Academic Monographs
ISBN-100522856896
ISBN-139780522856897
eBay Product ID (ePID)96251461
Product Key Features
Number of Pages368 Pages
Publication NameOpportunities Beyond Carbon : Looking Forward to a Sustainable World
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
SubjectEnvironment & Planning
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaScience, Political Science
AuthorJohn O'brien
FormatTrade Paperback (Uk), Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight15 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Date of Publication06/03/2009
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Place of PublicationMelbourne
Spine28mm
Series TitleAcademic Monographs
Edited byJohn O'brien
Country of PublicationAustralia
GenreEnvironment & Planning
Author BiographyJohn O'Brien is the Managing Director of Australian CleanTech and advises organisations on clean tech investments. John is a member of the South Australian Premier's Climate Change Council. He has degrees from the University of Oxford, Trinity College, Dublin and the University of Adelaide. Most importantly, John is an optimist.
First Published2009
Content NoteIllustrations, Map.