Book Blog
Excerpts from the book ‘CLIMATE CHANGE and the road to NET-ZERO’ covering the science, technology, economics, and politics of climate change.
by Mathew Hampshire-Waugh
Water Supply, Climate Change, & Net-Zero
Climate change will reduce the availability of fresh water due to rising heat, dry soils, more extreme downpours and flooding. Continue burning fossil fuels and we risk running dry this century. Switch to Net-Zero and the World can better manage natural resources.
Air Pollution, Climate Change, and Co-Benefits
Fossil fuel combustion is responsible for more than 90% of all air pollutants. It generates invisible particulate matter which heightens the risk of respiratory disease and heart failure, leading to the premature deaths of 4-9 million people each year (15% of all deaths). Shift the global energy system to NET-ZERO and we can eliminate most air pollution issues.
Climate Change Damages - Heat, Fire, and Drought
The regions of the world most vulnerable to searing summer temperatures. The increasing frequency and intensity of extreme heat-related events in a warmer world. How deliberate human-induced forest burning is down, but wildfires are up. And why fewer winter deaths will be overwhelmed by increasing heat-deaths.
Climate Change Damages - Rising Seas, Storms, and Flooding
The countries and cities around the World most at risk from rising seas and more frequent and/or more intense extreme wet weather.