Climate Wars The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats

by Dyer, Gwynne

• ISBN13: 9781851687183
• ISBN10: 1851687181
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-06-01
• Publisher: Oneworld Publications

Summary

Dwindling resources. Massive population shifts. Natural disasters. Spreading epidemics. Drought. Rising sea levels. Plummeting agricultural yields. Crashing economies. Political extremism. These are some of the expected consequences of runaway climate change in the decades ahead, and any of them could tip the world towards conflict. Prescient, unflinching, and based on exhaustive research, Climate Wars promises to be one of the most important books of the coming years.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
The Year 2045	p. 1
The Geopolitics of Climate Change	p. 3
Russia, 2019	p. 29
An Inevitable Crisis	p. 41
United States, 2029	p. 75
Feedbacks: How Much, How Fast?	p. 85
Northern India, 2036	p. 111
We Can Fix This…	p. 123
A Happy Tale	p. 153
…But Probably Not in Time	p. 165
United States and United Kingdom, 2055	p. 181
Real World Politics	p. 189
China, 2042	p. 215
Emergency Measures	p. 227
Wipeout	p. 251
Childhood's End	p. 265
Acknowledgements	p. 277
References	p. 279
Index	p. 285
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