Climate Change for Football Fans: A Matter of Life and Death

James Atkins

ISBN 10: 1906860351 / ISBN 13: 9781906860356

Published by UIT, Cambridge, England, 2011

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1st printing. Pictorial card cover. 130 x 198 x 19mm. 254pp. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title; top edges slightly discoloured; otherwise as new. NB: An extra shipping charge may be requested for heavier or more valuable items. All our 'Seller Images' show the actual item you will receive.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Climate Change for Football Fans: A Matter of Life and Death
• Publisher: UIT, Cambridge, England
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1906860351
• ISBN 13: 9781906860356
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: David Mostyn
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Non-AC books

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Synopsis

Climate policy hits Turf Moor: race through an unconventional take on climate policy, while following Burnley's adventure in Europe and their roller-coaster struggle for survival in the Premier League.

An amusing and enlightening look at climate change and football, this book consists of a series of conversations between Joe, a Burnley lad who is football mad, and Professor Igor who's obsessed with climate change. Joe thinks that worrying about climate change is a waste of time. Igor can't understand why 22 grown men would put on shorts and run around after a ball. Igor agrees to spend a season with Joe going to every Burnley game, and in return Joe and his family listen to the Professor rattle on about climate policy.

Written in earthy and irreverent language, Climate Change for Football Fans examines why preventing climate change is so difficult, and explains why it is more a social and political problem than a technological one, and how the need to change our lifestyle makes finding a solution so difficult. Notes at the back of the book summarise all the serious climate-change material so the reader can look up the important messages in the book without having to stand on the terraces.

Accessible, informative and fun, Climate Change for Football Fans puts a refreshingly lighthearted spin on a complicated, serious and important issue.

About the Author

James Atkins is Chairman of Vertis Environmental Finance, an emissions trading company in Hungary which he established in 1998. He studied modern languages at Cambridge and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen. Originally from Cumbria, he has lived in Budapest since 1995 and is a loyal supporter of Manchester United.