

Net Zero
Author: Dieter Helm
Narrator: Malk Williams
Unabridged: 8 hr 51 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: William Collins
Published: 09/03/2020
Author: Dieter Helm
Narrator: Malk Williams
Unabridged: 8 hr 51 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: William Collins
Published: 09/03/2020
Net-Zero Year or Net Year-Zero? First and foremost, I must congratulate Professor Dieter Helm for his honesty. Upon reading this book one understands the bright future that is being readied for us all over the next decade or two. Secondly, I must point to some very imaginative writing, with proposed......more
A no holds barred account, gets caustic at places, about the drastic policy and lifestyle/ world order changes required to tackle the climate crisis. Becomes a bit belaboured at times, however provides real pragmatic solutions too : Carbon tax, Compensate Carbon more on the side of caution, polluter......more
Comprehensive guide to the different aspects of the path to net zero. Wide ranging in its scope and ideas, albeit with a primarily Euro-centric focus (the author is British). Not necessarily the most accessible read though, and perhaps best enjoyed by those with a technical grounding in net zero mat......more
Thought provoking and generates hope for the future!......more
An important book that does not focus on the causes and very existence of global warming (he assumes that this is accepted) but on the policies that can achieve net zero carbon emissions. It’s very pragmatic (and also fairly depressing) and goes through the time wasted and the failure of attempts at......more
A Nature Book of the Week ‘You should read it’ Julian Glover, Evening Standard ‘The reasons I enjoyed this book are fivefold and I think they are reasons that many readers of this blog would enjoy it too. This book is very clearly written, on an important subject, by someone who knows their stuff, by someone who is a friend of the natural environment and, perhaps most importantly, it challenges my own starting point on this subject.’ Mark Avery ‘Dieter Helm is one of Britain's foremost experts on energy economics and he has written a terrific book on the next agenda item once the Covid emergency has passed. It is also an angry book … A fine overview of our climate policy failures and the options for doing better.’ Sunday Independent