{"title":"Books by Tim Smedley","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781529058178","title":"The Last Drop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year pick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA gripping, thought-provoking and ultimately optimistic investigation into the world’s next great climate crisis – the scarcity of water.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Smart, sobering, and scholarly. ’ – Steve Brusatte,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rise and Fall of Dinosaurs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWater scarcity is the next big climate crisis. Water stress – not just scarcity, but also quality issues caused by pollution – is already driving the first waves of climate refugees. Rivers are drying out before they meet the oceans and ancient lakes are disappearing. It’s increasingly clear that human mismanagement of water is dangerously unsustainable, for both ecological and human survival. And yet in recent years some key countries have been quietly and very successfully addressing water stress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow are Singapore and Israel, for example – both severely water-stressed countries – not in the same predicament as Chennai or California?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Last Drop\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning environmental journalist Tim Smedley meets experts, victims, activists and pioneers to find out how we can mend the water table that our survival depends upon. 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It features personal stories from local pastoralists, peasant farmers, youth activists, and vulnerable workers worldwide, highlighting the human side of climate change. The book presents the work that the Climate Vulnerability Forum (CVF) and its V20 Finance Ministers (CVF-V20, now 68 countries) have done to push for urgent global cooperation on the climate crisis. Detailed case studies from many CVF-V20 countries illustrate the need for adaptation and resilience and offer a blueprint for action that can be followed by others. The book offers invaluable insight for students of environmental studies and economics, Earth sciences, human and political geography, and political science, as well as for activists, policymakers, and concerned citizens. 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Globally, 19,000 people die each day from air pollution, killing more than HIV\/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and car accidents combined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat happened to the air we breathe?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSustainability journalist Tim Smedley has travelled the world to try and find the answer, visiting cities at the forefront of the fight against air pollution, including Delhi, Beijing, London and Paris. With insights from the scientists and politicians leading the battle against it, and people whose lives have been affected by it, \u003ci\u003eClearing the Air \u003c\/i\u003etells the full story of air pollution for the first time: what it is, which pollutants are harmful, where they come from and – most importantly – what we can do about them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAir pollution is a problem that can be solved. 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