
Climate Wars
How Peak Oil and the Climate Crisis Will Change Canada (and Our Lives)
Gwynne Dyer(Author)
Random House of Canada (Publisher)
Published on 18. August 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
322 pages
978-0-307-35584-3 (ISBN)
Description
From one of the world's great geopolitical analysts, a terrifying glimpse of the none-too-distant future, when climate change will force the world's powers into a desperate struggle for advantage and even survival.
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 and interviews, Climate Wars promises to be one of the most important books of the coming years.
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 and interviews, Climate Wars promises to be one of the most important books of the coming years.
More details
Series
Language
English
Publishing group
Random House
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
372 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-307-35584-3 (9780307355843)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

E-Book
08/2009
Vintage Canada
€15.99
Available for download
Person
Gwynne Dyer
Content
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: China, 2042
Chapter 6: Emergency Measures
Scenario 7: Wipeout
Chapter 7: Childhood’s End
Acknowledgements
Permissions
Index
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: China, 2042
Chapter 6: Emergency Measures
Scenario 7: Wipeout
Chapter 7: Childhood’s End
Acknowledgements
Permissions
Index