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My 2013 Climate Book of the Year

Book cover for the 2013 Climate Book features red text, "A Case for Climate Engineering," over a cloudy sky background, with a bold red vertical stripe on the left side.

David Keith, ‘A Case for Climate Engineering’ (Cambridge MA: MIT Press. 194pp.) 1 July 2026. This is roughly an 8 minute read. This essay continues my series of monthly posts in which I select one ‘climate’ book to highlight and review from one of the 44 years of my professional career in climate research (starting […]

My 2012 ‘Climate Book of the Year’

Navy blue background with white text reading "Between God & Green," a 2012 Climate Book of the Year, and a simple green leafy plant illustration.

Katharine K Wilkinson, ’Between God and Green: How Evangelicals are Cultivating a Middle Ground on Climate Change’ (New York: Oxford University Press. 256pp.) 1 June 2026. This is roughly an 8 minute read. This essay continues my series of monthly posts in which I select one ‘climate’ book to highlight and review from one of […]

‘The Historical Evolution of ‘Clean’ Bodies and Air in European Cultures: Implications for a ‘Clean’ Atmosphere and Imagined Climate Futures’

Monochrome digital painting of a dramatic cloud formation over a flat landscape, featuring bold, textured brushstrokes and strong contrasts of light and shadow, evoking the clarity of a clean atmosphere and visions of climate futures.

My colleague, Leon Hirt, and I have a review paper published today in WIREs Climate Change. The paper explores the historical evolution of the metaphor of ‘clean’ in the context of energy and climate policy. We show how the original relational meaning of ‘clean’ — describing a desirable set of social relations — has changed […]