''Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action'' is a 2008 book which presents scientific evidence that the

global warming Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes ...

crisis is worse than official reports and national governments have so far indicated. The book argues humanity is facing a

sustainability Sustainability is a social goal for people to co-exist on Earth over a long period of time. Definitions of this term are disputed and have varied with literature, context, and time. Sustainability usually has three dimensions (or pillars): env ...

emergency that requires a clear break from business-as-usual politics. The authors explain that emergency action to address climate change is not so much a radical idea as an indispensable course to embark upon. It draws heavily on the work of many climate scientists, including James E. Hansen.

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The key themes of ''Climate Code Red'' are: *"Our goal is a safe-climate future – we have no right to bargain away species or human lives." *"We are facing rapid warming impacts: the danger is immediate, not just in the future." *"For a safe climate future, we must take action now to stop emissions and to cool the earth." *"Plan a large-scale transition to a post-carbon economy and society." *"Recognise a climate and sustainability emergency, because we need to move at a pace far beyond business and politics as usual". Co-author David Spratt is a

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businessman, climate-policy analyst, and co-founder of the Carbon Equity network, and Research Director of the Breakthrough - National Centre for Climate Restoration. Co-author Philip Sutton is convener of the Greenleap Strategic Institute and Assistant Convenor of the

Climate Emergency Network Climate is the long-term weather pattern in a region, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteorolog ...

. The book was launched by the Governor of Victoria, Professor

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, Victoria, on July 17, 2008.Climate code red
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Official websiteThe Case for a Sustainability Emergency: Philip Sutton interview (audio) - The Reality ReportThe Case for a Sustainability Emergency: Philip Sutton interview (text) - Energy Bulletin
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Coming clean on 'nice' coalReview of Climate Code Red: Energy Bulletin
Environmental non-fiction books 2008 non-fiction books 2008 in the environment Australian non-fiction books Climate change books Collaborative non-fiction books

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