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
Analysis
climate change
global warming
science
environment
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-215) and index
