Confronting Climate Change: From Mitigation to Adaptation
John Barkdull | | ISBN: 978-1-962551-21-2 $115.00
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DESCRIPTION
How to cope with climate change? Observing that efforts to mitigate rising temperatures are falling disastrously short, John Barkdull argues that policy must shift toward adaptation and considers what this entails. As he assesses climate policies and politics since the landmark 1992 Rio conference, Barkdull explores approaches to transformational adaptation that will allow us to survive in a much warmer world.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John Barkdull is associate professor emeritus of political science and director of global studies at Texas Tech University.
CONTENTS
- The Challenge of Climate Change.
- The Turn to Adaptation.
- Maintaining the Global Status Quo.
- The Transformation Imperative.
- Adaptation and Capitalism.
- Defending Civilization as We Know It.
- Life on Hothouse Earth.
