Climate wars : the fight for survival as the world overheats / Gwynne Dyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dyer, Gwynne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental degradation--Political aspects.

Environmental degradation.

Security, International.

Strategic culture--Forecasting.

Strategic culture.

Geophysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Melbourne : Scribe, 2010.

Summary:

Waves of climate refugees. Dozens of failed states. All-out war. From one of the world's great geopolitical analysts comes a terrifying glimpse of the near future, when climate change drives the world's powers towards the cutthroat politics of survival. An increase of as little as two degrees Celsius in average global temperature - which is almost inevitable - could heat global politics to boiling point and trigger massive conflicts over scarce food and water. Bringing together extensive interviews and the latest research in this revised and updated edition, Gwynne Dyer reveals the truth about

Contents:

COVER PAGE; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; SCENARIO 1: THE YEAR 2045; CHAPTER 1: THE GEOPOLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE; SCENARIO 2: RUSSIA, 2019; CHAPTER 2: AN INEVITABLE CRISIS; SCENARIO 3: UNITED STATES, 2029; CHAPTER 3: FEEDBACKS: HOW MUCH, HOW FAST?; SCENARIO 4: NORTHERN INDIA, 2036; CHAPTER 4: WE CAN FIX THIS ...; SCENARIO 5: A HAPPY TALE; CHAPTER 5: ... BUT PROBABLY NOT IN TIME; SCENARIO 6: AUSTRALIA, 2056; CHAPTER 6: REAL WORLD POLITICS; SCENARIO 7: CHINA, 2042; CHAPTER 7: EMERGENCY MEASURES; SCENARIO 8: WIPEOUT; CHAPTER 8: CHILDHOOD'S END; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781921753374

1921753374

OCLC:

727647903