{"product_id":"windfall-the-booming-business-of-global-warming-paperback","title":"Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMcKenzie Funk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating investigation into how people around the globe are cashing in on a warming world\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMcKenzie Funk has spent the last six years reporting around the world on how we are preparing for a warmer planet. Funk shows us that the best way to understand the catastrophe of global warming is to see it through the eyes of those who see it most clearly--as a market opportunity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGlobal warming's physical impacts can be separated into three broad categories: melt, drought, and deluge. Funk travels to two dozen countries to profile entrepreneurial people who see in each of these forces a potential windfall. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe melt is a boon for newly arable, mineral-rich regions of the Arctic, such as Greenland--and for the surprising kings of the manmade snow trade, the Israelis. The process of desalination, vital to Israel's survival, can produce a snowlike by-product that alpine countries use to prolong their ski season.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrought creates opportunities for private firefighters working for insurance companies in California as well as for fund managers backing south Sudanese warlords who control local farmland. As droughts raise food prices globally, there is no more precious asset.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe deluge--the rising seas, surging rivers, and superstorms that will threaten island nations and coastal cities--has been our most distant concern, but after Hurricane Sandy and failure after failure to cut global carbon emissions, it is not so distant. For Dutch architects designing floating cities and American scientists patenting hurricane defenses, the race is on. For low-lying countries like Bangladesh, the coming deluge presents an existential threat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFunk visits the front lines of the melt, the drought, and the deluge to make a human accounting of the booming business of global warming. By letting climate change continue unchecked, we are choosing to adapt to a warming world. Containing the resulting surge will be big business; some will benefit, but much of the planet will suffer. McKenzie Funk has investigated both sides, and what he has found will shock us all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo understand how the world is preparing to warm, \u003ci\u003eWindfall\u003c\/i\u003e follows the money.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMcKenzie Funk \u003c\/b\u003eis a journalist whose work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. A National Magazine Award and Livingston Award finalist and the winner of the Oakes Prize for Environmental Journalism, he was a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan, where he studied economics and systems thinking. He lives in Seattle with his wife and son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 27, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454698307762,"sku":"9780143126591","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/ecb12697a4c5b5184b181d51839e36a3.webp?v=1778858050","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/windfall-the-booming-business-of-global-warming-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}