The climate that hides the forest

New paperback edition Is the priority given to the climate today by States, NGOs and the media justified? Is its place in environmental policies not excessive? Raising this simple question seems, in itself, iconoclastic, even scandalous, as it seems commonly accepted that “the fight against global warming” is the mother of all environmental battles. This is not to deny the reality of climate change or its importance. However, since the 1990s, this subject has taken on such a preponderance that it not only comes to dominate environmental policies, but also to harm them. However, if climate change is a major issue, it does not appear to be more crucial than air or water pollution, the erosion of biodiversity or even soil degradation. Guillaume Sainteny demonstrates this by comparing, for example, the number of premature deaths linked to these phenomena, their economic costs or the hierarchy of findings and recommendations of major international organizations. The book that puts the climate in its place!