Climate Code Red
{{Short description|2008 book by David Spratt and Philip Sutton}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Climate Code Red:
The Case for Emergency Action
| image = ClimateCodeRed.jpg
| author = David Spratt, Philip Sutton
| country = Australia
| subject = Climate change
| publisher = Scribe Publications
| pub_date = 2008
| pages = 304 pp
| isbn = 1-921372-20-6
| oclc = 243605472
}}
File:Climate Code Red book launch DSC 6776.jpg
Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action is a 2008 book which presents scientific evidence that the global warming crisis is worse than official reports and national governments have so far indicated. The book argues humanity is facing a sustainability emergency that requires a clear break from business-as-usual politics. The authors explain that emergency action to address climate change is not so much a radical idea as an indispensable course to embark upon.[http://www.climatecodered.net/book.html Code Red: The Book] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719001748/http://www.climatecodered.net/book.html |date=2008-07-19 }} It draws heavily on the work of many climate scientists, including James E. Hansen.[http://www.climatecodered.net/index.html The Hansen Challenge] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719001502/http://www.climatecodered.net/index.html |date=2008-07-19 }}
General
The key themes of Climate Code Red are:
- "Our goal is a safe-climate future – we have no right to bargain away species or human lives."
- "We are facing rapid warming impacts: the danger is immediate, not just in the future."
- "For a safe climate future, we must take action now to stop emissions and to cool the earth."
- "Plan a large-scale transition to a post-carbon economy and society."
- "Recognise a climate and sustainability emergency, because we need to move at a pace far beyond business and politics as usual".[http://www.climatecodered.net/themes.html Key themes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719002049/http://www.climatecodered.net/themes.html |date=2008-07-19 }}
Co-author David Spratt is a Melbourne businessman, climate-policy analyst, and co-founder of the Carbon Equity network, and Research Director of the Breakthrough - National Centre for Climate Restoration.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/18/climate-change-an-existential-security-risk-to-australia-senate-inquiry-says|title=Climate change an 'existential security risk' to Australia, Senate inquiry says|year=2018|work=The Guardian|access-date=2024-12-21|archive-date=2024-10-13|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241013013018/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/18/climate-change-an-existential-security-risk-to-australia-senate-inquiry-says|url-status=live}} Co-author Philip Sutton is convener of the Greenleap Strategic Institute and Assistant Convenor of the Climate Emergency Network.{{Cite web |url=http://www.abbeys.com.au/items.asp?id=124271 |title=Climate Code Red: the Case for Emergency Action |access-date=2008-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080710063033/http://www.abbeys.com.au/items.asp?id=124271 |archive-date=2008-07-10 |url-status=dead }}
The book was launched by the Governor of Victoria, Professor David de Kretser in Parliament House in Melbourne, Victoria, on July 17, 2008.[https://www.greenlivingpedia.org/Climate_code_red Climate code red] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905175554/http://greenlivingpedia.org/Climate_code_red |date=2008-09-05 }}, Greenlivingpedia
See also
{{portal|Global warming}}
References
{{Reflist|2}}
External links
- [https://www.climatecodered.org/ Official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081201040855/http://globalpublicmedia.com/sustainability_emergency The Case for a Sustainability Emergency: Philip Sutton interview (audio) - The Reality Report]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081202150435/http://www.energybulletin.net/node/40619 The Case for a Sustainability Emergency: Philip Sutton interview (text) - Energy Bulletin]
- {{cite news |title=Code red: Climate skating on thin ice, authors say |url=https://www.theage.com.au/environment/code-red-climate-skating-on-thin-ice-authors-say-20080717-3gxq.html |publisher=The Age |date=2008-07-17 | location=Melbourne | first=Adam | last=Morton}}
- {{cite journal |author=Alexandra De Blas |title=Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action |journal=ECOS |issue=144 |pages=12–4 |date=August–September 2008 |url=http://www.ecosmagazine.com/?paper=EC144p12}}
- {{cite news |title=Middle of the road ... towards a cliff |url=https://www.theage.com.au/business/middle-of-the-road--towards-a-cliff-20080807-3rsj.html |publisher=The Age |date=2008-08-07}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081012025919/http://www.greenleft.org.au/2008/747/38638 Coming clean on 'nice' coal]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081006143324/http://www.energybulletin.net/node/40081 Review of Climate Code Red: Energy Bulletin]
Category:Environmental non-fiction books
Category:2008 non-fiction books
Category:2008 in the environment