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"A landmark study in the struggle to contain climate change, the greatest challenge of our era. I urge everyone to read it."
-Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States of America

Since it first appeared, this book has achieved a classic status. Reprinted many times since its publication, it…

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1 author picked The Politics of Climate Change as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I found that this is a book that answered the question of why addressing climate change is such a complex issue. Written by a philosopher whose writing I had found very difficult to comprehend in the past, it was a pleasant surprise that the book had a very simple and effective writing style.

I comprehended that various vested political interests have made addressing climate change a complicated process that requires extensive negotiation and many compromises to seek effective solutions. 

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