Climate wars
By: Gwynne Dyer
Publisher: Random House Canada
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [Toronto]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780307355836
Subjects: Climatic changes; Réchauffement de la Terre; Climat; Social aspects; Aspect social; Aspect politique; Changements; Global warming; Political aspects
Description: "The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that the average global temperature will rise between 2 degrees and 6.4 degrees Celsius by the end of this century. These are conservative estimates, based on a lowest-common-denominator consensus among scientists and further watered down by governments. They make no allowance for feedback phenomena and potential runaway heating. But a World Bank study in India last year suggested that even 2 degrees hotter means a 25 percent cut in Indian food production. The core problem with climate changes is not sea level rise or bio-diversity; it is food supply."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The year 2045; title: The geopolitics of climate change; title: Russia, 2019; title: An inevitable crisis; title: United States, 2029; title: Feedbacks: how much, how fast?; title: Northern India, 2036; title: We can fix this...; title: A happy tale; title: ... But probably not in time; title: China, 2042; title: Emergency measures; title: Wipeout; title: Childhood's end.