Climate Change
The industrial revolution was the starting point of an unstoppable increase in carbon emissions, which inevitably leads to global warming. Many scientists believe that a 2°C (3.6°F) rise in global temperature would lead to a major environmental catastrophe. Learn about current developments in climate research and the emerging technologies that could save the world.
In:
Global Risks,
Environment
Book
Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World
Jeff Goodell
Little, Brown US, 2017
Book
How Climate Change Denial is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy
Michael E. Mann and Tom Toles
Columbia UP, 2016
Book
The Race to Remake Civilization in Earth’s Newest Age
David Biello
Scribner, 2016
Jens Burchardt et al.
Boston Consulting Group, 2018
Abby Rabinowitz and Amanda Simson
Wired, 2017
Angel Hsu
TED, 2018
Article
Polar bears have high energy requirements that rise further as a result of climate change
John P. Whiteman
Science, 2018
Article
Summary for Policymakers
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPCC, 2018
