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

by Dyer, Gwynne.

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Oxford ; New York : Oneworld, 2010.

Environmental degradation -- Political aspects.

Security, International.

Strategic culture -- Forecasting.

9781851687428 (hbk.) :

1851687424 (hbk.)

9781851687183 (pbk.)

1851687181 (pbk.)

xv, 297 p. ; 25 cm.

The year 2045 -- The geopolitics of climate change -- Russia, 2019 -- An inevitable crisis -- United States, 2029 -- Feedbacks: How much, how fast? -- Northern India, 2036 -- We can fix this... -- A happy tale -- ...But probably not in time -- United States and United Kingdom, 2055 -- Real world politics -- China, 2042 -- Emergency measures -- Wipeout -- Childhood's end.

"The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that the average global temperature will rise between 2 degrees and 6.4 degrees Celsius by the end of this century. These are conservative estimates, based on a lowest-common-denominator consensus among scientists and further watered down by governments. They make no allowance for feedback phenomena and potential runaway heating. But a World Bank study in India last year suggested that even 2 degrees hotter means a 25 percent cut in Indian food production. The core problem with climate changes is not sea level rise or bio-diversity; it is food supply"--Provided by publisher.

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