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Author Taylor, Maria (Australia journalist), author.

Title Global warming and climate change : what Australia knew and buried ... then framed a new reality for the public / Maria Taylor.

Publication Info. Canberra, ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 215 pages)
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Series Open Access e-Books
Knowledge Unlatched
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-215) and index.
Note Print version record.
Contents Preliminary pages; Contents; Acknowledgements; The legacy; Foreword: the hidden history of Australia's early response to climate change; 1. History is what we make it; 2. Loading the dice: humans as planetary force; 3. Framing information to influence what we hear; 4. What Australians knew 25 years ago; 5. Australians persuaded to doubt what they knew; 6. Influences on a changed story and the new normal 1990s: values and beliefs; 7. Influences on a changed story and the new normal: media locks in the new narrative.
8. Influences on a changed story and the new normal: scientists' beliefs and public scepticism9. In search of certainty and applying uncertainty; 10. Dicing with the climate: how many more throws?; A chronology of some major climate science/policy milestones; List of acronyms; Bibliography.
Summary Relevant to both Australian and overseas audiences, here is the untold story of how Australia buried its knowledge on climate change science and response options during the 1990s " going from clarity to confusion and doubt after arguably leading the world in citizen understanding and a political will to act in the late 1980s.
Language English.
Subject Global warming -- Australia.
Climatic changes -- Australia.
Réchauffement de la Terre -- Australie.
Climat -- Changements -- Australie.
Climate change Mod Climate change.
Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning.
Pollution and threats to the environment.
The environment.
Science -- Global Warming & Climate Change.
Climatic changes
Global warming
Australia https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRv8PPH7gCqhkJ8DK8bM
Indexed Term climate change.
global warming.
science.
environment.
Added Title What Australia knew and buried
In: Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR
OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) OAPEN
Other Form: Print version: Taylor, Maria (Australia journalist). Global warming and climate change. Canberra, ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press, [2014] 9781925021905 (DLC) 2014471747 (OCoLC)881681632
ISBN 9781925021912 (electronic bk.)
1925021912 (electronic bk.)
9781925021905 (paperback)
1925021904 (paperback)
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