The Climate Crisis and Economic Development: Before it is too Late - Softcover

Sikorski, Wade

 
9781461003687: The Climate Crisis and Economic Development: Before it is too Late
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1461003687 ISBN 13: 9781461003687
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011

Synopsis

A warming climate is more like walking across an ice-covered lake toward an area where the water is open and unfrozen. With every step you take, the ice grows thinner. But you tell yourself that the decrease in the thickness of the ice is gradual, and it seems like the ice will continue to hold. You've had no problem so far, and so, denying the dilemma you are in, you take another step. But the truth is, things can change abruptly, dramatically, and fatally. It is likewise with global warming. Changes seem to be happening slowly, barely perceptibly, but assuming that the small changes you see accumulating around you do not increase the risk of catastrophe is a dangerous delusion. At some point, abrupt change will happen, dramatically changing the planet we live on.

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About the Author

Wade Sikorski had a Ph.D. in political theory from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. He is also the author of Sacrificial Rituals, and Infected with Difference: Healing Dis/ease in the Body Politic.

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Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1461003687
ISBN 13 
9781461003687
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
172