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Climate. Stern Review: The Economics Of Climate Change, Nicholas Stern
Climate. Stern Review: The Economics Of Climate Change, Nicholas Stern
New England Journal of Public Policy
This chapter examines the increasingly serious impacts on people as the world warms. Climate change is a serious and urgent issue. The Earth has already warmed by 0.7°C since around 1900 and is committed to further warming over coming decades simply due to past emissions. On current trends, average global temperatures could rise by 2–3°C within the next fifty years or so, with several degrees more in the pipeline by the end of the century if emissions continue to grow. This chapter examines how the physical changes in climate . . . affect the essential components of lives and livelihoods …
Climate. A Period Of Consequence: Environmental Literature Of 2006, Shaun O'Connell
Climate. A Period Of Consequence: Environmental Literature Of 2006, Shaun O'Connell
New England Journal of Public Policy
The author talks about the consequences of not respecting the climate and understanding global warming will cause ecocide and our own extinction.