Recounting the history of climate change, from the first signs in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries until now, Alice Bell offers a hopeful message that harnessing the ingenuity and intelligence that has long driven the history of climate change research can mean a more sustainable and bearable future for humanity.
Alice Bell is a researcher, campaigner and writer based in London, specialising in the politics of science, technology, environment and health. She was a co-director at the climate change charity Possible for several years, working on a range of projects from community tree-planting events to solar-powered railways. She has a PhD in science communication from Imperial College, where she also held a lectureship in science communication and launched an interdisciplinary course on climate change. Alice has also worked at the University of Sussex’s Science Policy Research Unit, City Journalism School, the Science Museum and as a freelance writer and editor. She has written for a host of publications including The Times, The Observer and New Humanist, and co-founded the Guardian’s science policy blog.