Entrepreneurs all over the world are counting on it, claims journalist funk in his new book windfall. The booming business of global warming, author mckenzie funk writes about how people around the world are preparing for a. Mckenzie funk, 2012 knightwallace fellow, is the author of windfall. Apparently, if you look at climate change the right way, it looks like money instead of disaster.
If the 50th anniversary of earth day has inspired you to finally read a book about climate change, were here to help you find just the right one. The world can now enjoy a renewable energy windfall a gigafall. Climate change is here and what we can do about it. Restated from a positive perspective, these businesses profit from adaptation or a lack of mitigation, respectively. What follows is a full executive summary of windfall. Funk has written a fun book humanizing the problems of climate change, focused on the colorful entrepreneurs who see in an increasingly inhospitable world. I wrote a book, windfall, about who will profit from climate change. Windfall free summary by mckenzie funk getabstract. All of these changes, moreover, are part of dynamic systems, which will continue to evolve, injecting new incentives and obstacles into the political domain as they do. As the west dries up, this hedge fund pioneer stands to. I was a bit hesitant about starting windfall, as i do not need to read a book about the truth of global warming or climate change. Wallace house presents mckenzie funk on climate change. The gift from stewart and lynda resnick, the billionaire owners of bottled water and agriculture companies, comes amid growing urgency over climate change.
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He spoke with salon about the resulting book, windfall, which makes the compelling case that the effects of climate change are even more unequal than weve been led to believe. He traveled the world, meeting dutch seawall builders, arctic oil profiteers and many others looking to make a buck off the warming planet. If youve been keeping an eye on my progress of this book. Windfall is a book about climate change that accepts the premise that society will fail to do enough to avoid the effects of a warmer planet. And concerns over environment and climate change are spurring new forms of global action. The idea that, when it comes to climate change, the meaningful divide isnt between believers and doubters but winners and losers is at the heart of mckenzie funks immersive and startling windfall. The book follows several interesting dilemmas and opportunities resulting from changes in the environment, which funk generally attributes to manmade climate. Most writings on climate change are tedious or polemical. Meghan osullivan brings her extraordinary insight to explain how the american innovation and ingenuity behind the oil and gas boom has delivered strategic benefits to the united states and changed the world in the process. Solar activity changes over time and pretty sure the earth orbit is not perfectly circular. Windfall by mckenzie funk from politicians to profiteers, some people look at the effects of climate change and see dollar signs. This detailed literature summary also contains topics for discussion on windfall. On book tour and in advance of the latest bleak report from the intergovernmental panel on.
As the west dries up, this hedge fund pioneer stands to make a killing a sneak peek at windfall, a smart new book on the business of climate change. The booming business of global warming, by mckenzie funk, focuses on the economic perspective of climate change issues. The trillion dollar energy windfall reportsguides pri. Funk visits the front lines of the melt, the drought, and the deluge to make a human accounting of the booming business of global warming. For leaders in government and business affected by global trends, windfall. The booming business of global warming as soon as i saw the premise. Mckenzie funk writes for harpers, national geographic, rolling stone, outside, and the new york times magazine and is the author of windfall, a book about climate change with reporting from five continents and 24 countries. Al gores 10 global warming predictions, 12 years later. Entrepreneurs looking for windfall cash in on climate change. A veteran bookseller, he was a founder, and for twenty years publisher, of the book. Whether you are giving gifts to others or to yourself, this list of the best popular science books of 2018 about climate change, conservation and the environment is a great place to start.
Jon mooallem, author of wild ones funk doesnt waste time with climate change skeptics. From politicians to profiteers, some people look at the effects of climate change and see dollar. Mckenzie funks new book windfall documents how businesses hope to make money from climate. Mckenzie funks 20 book, windfall, a rollicking journey through the world of climate profiteers, begins with a 2008 fauxrainforest party for deutsche banks dws climate change fund. He is one of the founding members of the journalism collective deca. The booming business of global warming the penguin press, by mckenzie funk. Attention to al gore is getting in the way of climate.
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