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Climate Change

The industrial revolution was the starting point of an unstoppable increase in carbon emissions, which inevitably leads to global warming. Many scientists believe that a 2°C (3.6°F) rise in global temperature would lead to a major environmental catastrophe. Learn about the climate crisis, current developments in climate research and the emerging technologies that could save the world.

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10 Book

The Heat Will Kill You First
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Little, Brown US, 2023
9 Book

Elemental
How Five Elements Changed Earth’s Past and Will Shape Our Future
Stephen Porder
Princeton UP, 2023
8 Video

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8 Article

How to cope with climate anxiety
It’s normal to feel troubled by the climate crisis. These practices can help keep your response manageable and constructive
Lucia Tecuta
Psyche, 2024
8 Book

False Alarm
How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet
Bjorn Lomborg
Basic Books, 2021
9 Book

Slow Burn
The Hidden Costs of a Warming World
R. Jisung Park
Princeton UP, 2024
9 Report

Hamburg Climate Futures Outlook ’23
Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change, and Society
Hamburg University, 2023
8 Article

The Climate Benefits of a Four-Day Workweek
Giada Ferraglioni and Sergio Colombo
BBC, 2023
8 Book

Five Times Faster
Rethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change
Simon Sharpe
Cambridge UP, 2023
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Not the End of the World
How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
Hannah Ritchie
Little, Brown Spark, 2024
8 Article

How to Channel Eco-Anxiety
Learning to live between despair and hope
Renée Lertzman and Sam Mowe
Tricycle, 2023
8 Article

How Climate Change Is Expected to Transform Manufacturing
Kate Magill
Supply Chain Dive, 2023