National Wildlife Federation
Jeremy Symons, Director of Global Warming
“How do you get your mind around a global problem like the climate crisis? Paul Brown's Global Warning guides you through a visually stunning journey that brings perspectives from the far reaches of the globe to the palms of your hands. The book draws into focus the central moral issue of our time: do we have the courage to act, or will we squander our children*s future?”
Green Party of Canada
Elizabeth May,
Green Party Leader
"Paul Brown has produced what may well
be the best and most comprehensive book for the lay-reader on
the climate crisis. Brown does a better job than Gore in
describing the importance of Kyoto and the critical Conference
in Montreal that brought it to life. At the same time, he
pulls together powerful images that take us to extreme weather
events and dry river beds. The book is readable and powerful
and does not skimp on the outlining of solutions. It is the
kind of coffee table book too important to be left on the
coffee table."
Prince Albert II of Monaco
“'Global
Warning' explains with perfect clarity and simplicity the
dangers we face while maintaining the truth of the science.
Paul Brown's greatest achievement in this book is that it
restores hope by teaching us of the technologies and renewable
energy solutions that are available to us. There is no time
for skepticism: we have to act urgently. We DO have a 'Last
chance for change'!”
The Climate Institute
John Topping Jr,
President
“Paul Brown
combines a visually riveting book with a case well grounded in
the science about the urgency of immediate action. He points
out that our ability to
surmount this challenge to human civilization hinges on our
imagination and ingenuity in reshaping our energy and
transportation systems and our building and community design
strategies. This is more than a beautiful coffee table book-it
is ammunition for extended discussions on how we leverage the
greenhouse crisis to enhance human well being while preserving
the flora and fauna that make life so much richer for all.”
Nathaniel P Reed
Everglades Foundation, Vice Chairman
National Geographic Society, Board of Trustees
“It is a
"distressful" book. It is more alarming when you think that
the dynamic duo: Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck are spending so
much time and money attempting to convince the general public
and the Members of Congress that "conservatives do not believe
that man could have an impact on global weather patterns".
Global
Warning is an extraordinary book both in the written word and
photographic messages.
Living
on a barrier island, the threat of Global Warning is far more
real than elsewhere, although shifting weather pattern
threatens global stability in a way unseen since the last ice
age. It will be up to all thinking, caring people around the
world to understand the tough decisions that must be made, and
made promptly, to reverse the trends that are threatening the
world as we know it.”
Environmental Defense
Jim Marston,
Attorney, Director of the Energy Program
"Paul
Brown makes the complex subject of global warming
understandable to layperson and presents in an compelling way
why we must act quickly to avert a climate catastrophe."
American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)
Jim Pierobon,
Former Chief Energy Writer at the
Houston Chronicle, Energy projects leader at Ogilvy Public
Relations Worldwide and Communications
Chief of ACORE
"From one
of the world's largest rooftops of solar panels in Burstadt,
Germany, to one of the world's largest offshore 'farms' of
wind turbines offshore Copenhagen, Denmark, to Greenpeace
protestors in Trieste, Italy calling on the G8 ministers for
more clean energy to the experimental solar homes showcased on
the National Mall in Washington, DC,
Greenpeace USA
John Passacantando,
Executive Director
"If Al
Gore learned badminton and spoke the Queen's English you'd get
newspaperman Paul Brown, whose book captures the enormity of
the threat of global warming, the culprits, and the hope we
have for averting the worst of it. Don't miss this one; the
fight of a generation is upon us."
World Wildlife Fund
Hans Verolme,
Director Climate Change
Programme
"This
book captures the essence of the dangers of global warming in
amazing pictures that for a minute might lead someone who
picks it up from the coffee table to believe all is well. But
look more closely and through the choice of images a
compelling story is told. Paul Brown, using his years of
experience as environment correspondent for the Guardian,
takes us on a global adventure of sorts visiting some of the
amazing places WWF is working to protect. This book serves as
a powerful reminder we only have one living planet and little
time left to avoid dangerous climate change. Unless we act now
we will enter a new era, the era of climate chaos. The good
news is people are demanding their politicians take decisive
action and buying 'cool' products, business leaders recognize
the risks of climate change to their bottom line and are
investing in clean technology. There is another important
change in the climate in the USA that makes
me confident we will succeed in our mission to save the
climate. Paul Brown sounds a global warning and American
readers will find it an excellent introduction to this
important debate. "
The Ecologist Magazine
Zac Goldsmith,
Editor and Director
“Climate
change represents the toughest battle we'll ever face. It
dwarfs all others. Paul Brown's book, "Global Warning - last
Chance for Change" tells the whole story. The science. The
politics. The solutions. It describes the true cost of our oil
dependency, and shows how soil erosion, water shortages,
forest destruction and biodiversity loss are intimately linked
to our very survival. But it's not all bad news. Brown
highlights the efforts of corporations, governments and
individuals, and demonstrates how worldwide action can still
deliver a stable, healthy environment.”
The Nature Conservancy
Steve
McCormick,
President and
CEO
“Paul Brown's book
brilliantly illuminates the many facets of the climate
change crisis with compelling
photography and straightforward analysis. The natural world as
we know it has already started to change. Our future depends
on the ability of people in all walks of life to understand
how each of us fit into solving this global challenge.”
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