Available at: In Collapse: When Insurance and Climate Collide | Springer Nature Link Preface – by Associate Prof Kate Booth I read Jared Diamond’s Collapse (2005) in my 30s. I couldn’t finish it; it gave me nightmares. I knew, instinctively, that collapse was where the world was heading if things didn’t change significantly. I wouldContinue reading “In Collapse – new book out now”
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Butterflies disappear, solar panels appear
Butterflies disappear, solar panels appear By Japp Tielbeke [excerpt from article published in De Groene Amsterdammer] The world as we know it is doomed to death. Are we fooling ourselves with optimistic predictions? Or is it useful to keep hope? What can we really know about the future of our planet? There’s a group calledContinue reading “Butterflies disappear, solar panels appear”
Solidarity-based collapse – new article from Austria
Solidarity-based disaster management: Preparing for climate collapse By Verena Gradinger – translated from the original Mosaik blog. A record summer full of tropical nights, forest fires and sea temperatures far above the usual measured values was followed by large-scale flooding in Central Europe in September. The 1.5-degree target, the central demand of recent years in theContinue reading “Solidarity-based collapse – new article from Austria”