{"product_id":"overheated-the-human-cost-of-climate-change-9780199360727","title":"Overheated: The Human Cost of Climate Change","description":"Deniers of climate change sometimes quip that claims about global warming are more about political science than climate science. They are wrong on the science, but may be right with respect to its political implications. A hotter world, writes Andrew Guzman, will bring unprecedented\u003cbr\u003emigrations, famine, war, and disease. It will be a social and political disaster of the first order. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eOverheated\u003c\/em\u003e, Guzman takes climate change out of the realm of scientific abstraction to explore its real-world consequences. He writes not as a scientist, but as an authority on international law and economics. He takes as his starting point a fairly optimistic outcome in the range predicted by\u003cbr\u003escientists: a 2 degree Celsius increase in average global temperatures. Even this modest rise would lead to catastrophic environmental and social problems. Already we can see how it will work: The ten warmest years since 1880 have all occurred since 1998, and one estimate of the annual global death\u003cbr\u003etoll caused by climate change is now 300,000. That number might rise to 500,000 by 2030. He shows in vivid detail how climate change is already playing out in the real world. Rising seas will swamp island nations like Maldives; coastal food-producing regions in Bangladesh will be flooded; and\u003cbr\u003emillions will be forced to migrate into cities or possibly climate-refugee camps. Even as seas rise, melting glaciers in the Andes and the Himalayas will deprive millions upon millions of people of fresh water, threatening major cities and further straining food production. Prolonged droughts in\u003cbr\u003ethe Sahel region of Africa have already helped produce mass violence in Darfur. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClear, cogent, and compelling, \u003cem\u003eOverheated\u003c\/em\u003e shifts the discussion on climate change toward its devastating impact on human societies. Two degrees Celsius seems such a minor change. Yet it will change everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew T. Guzman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199360727\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew T. Guzman\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Law and Associate Dean for International and Executive Education at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include \u003cem\u003eHow International Law Works\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eInternational Trade Law\u003c\/em\u003e, among others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39934208573555,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_ba926a02-1404-4bd6-bcbc-c961cf8acd33.jpg?v=1647877722","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/overheated-the-human-cost-of-climate-change-9780199360727","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}