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Building a resilient tomorrow, how to prepare for the coming climate disruption, Alice C. Hill and Leonardo Martinez-Diaz

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Building a resilient tomorrow

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Alice C. Hill and Leonardo Martinez-Diaz

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how to prepare for the coming climate disruption

Even under the most optimistic scenarios, significant global climate change is now inevitable. Although we cannot tell with certainty how much average global temperatures will rise, we do know that the warming we have experienced to date has already caused significant losses, and that the failure to prepare for the consequences of further warming may prove to be staggering. This text does not dwell on overhyped descriptions of apocalyptic climate scenarios, nor does it travel down well-trodden paths surrounding the politics of reducing carbon emissions. Instead, it starts with two central facts: there will be future climate impacts, and we can make changes now to buffer their effects.--, Provided by publisher

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