Review : Global guide

Confused by the climate negotiations in Kyoto? Fear a sellout but can’t
quite put your finger on why? Read the second edition of Global Warming: The
Complete Briefing by John Houghton, the conference’s top science adviser, and
you’ll see how far the politicians have strayed. As lucid and readable a
briefing as you could hope for. Published by Cambridge University Press,
£40, ISBN 0521620899.