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
How Climate Change Denial is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy
Michael E. Mann and Tom Toles
Columbia UP, 2016
Article
Summary for Policymakers
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPCC, 2018
Article
Why Climate Change Matters More Than Anything Else
Joshua Busby
Foreign Affairs, 2018
Book
The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change
Ashley Dawson
Verso Books, 2017
Max Holmes et al.
Aspen Institute, 2017
A surcharge on energy producers would fund climate adaptation and the low-carbon transition, suggest Anthony J. Webster and Richard H. Clarke.
Anthony J. Webster and Richard H. Clarke
Nature, 2017
Per Espen Stoknes
TED, 2017
Expert
GIS, 2017
