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levels, " is already becoming difficult to live in large parts of the planet. On our current trajectory, we are headed for 3 or 4 degrees of warming. At that level, we simply won't have a civilization like we do now."
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McKibben transitions from the warnings of rapid human innovation, then provides reasons for hope, such as renewable energy advances (especially solar panels) and climate activism.
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explains the growing consequences of a changing climate. In detail, Bill McKibben explains how environmental factors such as
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is divided into four sections: "The Size of the Board", "Leverage", "The Name of the Game", and "An Outside Chance".
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and halting the construction of pipelines, but the next crucial area is finance: focusing on the banks and
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The book then describes concerns about economic policy and political ideology. Specifically,
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With regards to the solutions, McKibben argued in 2019, "We have already made efforts at
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are contributing to a decrease in the quality of human and natural life.
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references numerous individuals who are involved with the
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Climate change
global catastrophic risk
Bill McKibben
climate change
unregulated artificial intelligence
bioengineering
The Intercept
pre-industrial
fossil fuel divestment
asset managers
pollution
ocean acidity
oil industry in the U.S.
Exxon
right-wing politics
Koch Brothers
Donald Trump
conservatism
libertarianism
Literary Hub
Elizabeth Kolbert
Naomi Klein
Washington Post
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