Tracking climate change science and policy: 25 years of public engagement

摘要

Anthologies are not easy volumes to compile, since they can easily appear dated, selfindulgent or stilted. Conversely, a well produced selection of writings can prove interesting, instructive and illuminating. Mike Hulme’s new volume undoubtedly fits the latter category since it brings together no fewer than 55 pieces that he has written over the last quarter century, most of them fairly short interventions spread over a range of academic, popular and media outlets that would be difficult to access and collate. As such, they are also written in an accessible style, seeking to inform and illuminate the pressing issues and debates of the day. He has always avoided hyperbole, invective and bias, thus making even the older articles still very readable and valuable as windows onto the evolution of climate change research, discourse and policy.