| Description |
310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
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| Summary |
"An investigation into how entrepreneurial people and institutions around the globe are cashing in on the new world being created by global warming--and who will pay the price for it"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1: The melt. Cold rush : Canada defends the Northwest Passage ; Shell games : when an oil company believes in climate change ; Greenland rising : an independence movement heats up ; Father of invention : Israel saves the melting Alps -- Part 2: The drought. Too big to burn : public fires, private firefighters ; Uphill to money : where water runs when it runs out ; Farmland grab : Wall Street goes to South Sudan ; Green wall, black wall : Africa tries to keep the Sahara at bay, Europe tries to keep Africa at bay -- Part 3: The deluge. Great wall of India : what to do about the Bangladesh problem ; Seawalls for sale : why the Netherlands loves sea-level rise ; Better things for better living : climate genetics ; Problem solved : our geoengineered future -- Epilogue: Magical thinking. |
| Subject |
Entrepreneurship.
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Global warming -- Economic aspects.
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Clean energy investment.
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| ISBN |
9781594204012 (hbk.) |
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1594204012 (hbk.) |
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