Building a Resilient Tomorrow

How to Prepare for the Coming Climate Disruption

By: Alice C. Hill, Leonardo Martinez-Diaz

Narrated by: Christina Delaine

Climate change impacts - more heat, drought, extreme rainfall, and stronger storms - have already harmed communities around the globe. Even if the world could cut its carbon emissions to zero tomorrow, further 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 caused significant losses and that the failure to prepare for the consequences of further warming may prove to be staggering.

Building a Resilient Tomorrow 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: Climate impacts will continue to occur, and we can make changes now to mitigate their effects. While squarely confronting the scale of the risks we face, this pragmatic guide focuses on solutions - some gradual and some more revolutionary - currently being deployed around the globe. Each chapter presents a thematic lesson for decision-makers and engaged citizens to consider, outlining replicable successes and identifying provocative recommendations to strengthen climate resilience.

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Truly enjoyed reading this

Most books I read in law school are not ones I recommend to others; however, this one has been quite and exception! It’s helpful, informative, and hopeful yet realistic. Excellent book if you’re looking for solid examples of how we move forward. Thankful my climate law professor assigned it!

Intersectionality

Intersectionality is incredibly important, especially in scenarios in which the problem to be faced is not yet tangible or in your line of site. This book ties together a plethora of issues that are wonderfully centered around climate change