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How the subtle but significant consequences of a hotter planet have already begun - from lower test scores to higher crime rates - and how we might tackle them today.
It's hard not to feel anxious about the problem of climate change, especially if we think of it as an impending planetary catastrophe. In Slow Burn, R. Jisung Park encourages us to view climate change through a different lens: one that focuses less on the possibility of mass climate extinction in a theoretical future, and more on the everyday implications of climate change here and now.
Drawing on a wealth of new data and cutting-edge economics, Park shows how climate change headlines often miss some of the most important costs. When wildfires blaze, what happens to people downwind of the smoke? When natural disasters destroy buildings and bridges, what happens to educational outcomes? Park explains how climate change operates as the silent accumulation of a thousand tiny conflagrations: imperceptibly elevated health risks spread across billions of people; pennies off the dollar of productivity; fewer opportunities for upward mobility.
By investigating how the physical phenomenon of climate change interacts with social and economic institutions, Park illustrates how climate change already affects everyone, and may act as an amplifier of inequality. Wealthier households and corporations may adapt quickly, but, without targeted interventions, less advantaged communities may not.
Viewing climate change as a slow and unequal burn comes with an important silver lining. It puts dollars and cents behind the case for aggressive emissions cuts and helps identify concrete steps that can be taken to better manage its adverse effects. We can begin to overcome our climate anxiety, Park shows us, when we begin to tackle these problems locally.
'Park writes clearly and well, making a strong case for immediate action rather than waiting for the costs to compound - which, over the next couple decades, they are certain to do. A multifaceted look at the many externalities of a warming world.' Kirkus
'[A] deeply researched book...With gripping prose, this book encourages policymakers to consider the many hazards associated with the unavoidable increases in global temperature that the world faces. This is a call to arms addressing one of the most critical issues of contemporary times.' Library Journal (starred review)
'Enough to make readers break out in a sweat.' - Publishers Weekly
ISBN: 9780691221038
ISBN-10: 0691221030
Published: 1st August 2024
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 336
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 15.5 x 3.3
Weight (kg): 0.68
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- Non-FictionEconomicsEnvironmental Economics
- Non-FictionEarth Sciences, Geography, Environment, PlanningThe EnvironmentPollution & Threats to the EnvironmentClimate Change
- Non-FictionEconomicsMicroeconomics
- Non-FictionPolitics & GovernmentCentral GovernmentCentral Government Policies
- Non-FictionEarth Sciences, Geography, Environment, PlanningThe EnvironmentSocial Impact of Environmental Issues