Synopses & Reviews
From one of the worlds great geopolitical analysts, a terrifying glimpse of the none-too-distant future, when climate change will force the worlds 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.
From the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
Gwynne Dyer has served in the Canadian, British and American navies. He holds a Ph.D. in war studies from the University of London, has taught at Sandhurst and served on the Board of Governors of Canadas Royal Military College. Dyer writes a syndicated column that appears in more than 175 newspapers around the world.
From the Hardcover edition.
Table of Contents
IntroductionScenario 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: Childhoods End
Acknowledgements
Permissions
Index
From the Hardcover edition.