Can we still control climate change?
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirms this conclusively: climate change is already significantly affecting our daily lives, and its impact will increase faster than previously thought. Not only globally, but also in Germany, phenomena such as extreme heatwaves, prolonged drought and torrential rains accompanied by floods are becoming more frequent. We, too, must ask how safe our supplies areOur drinking water.
The global consequences of climate change are unpredictable; A fundamental shift in the global system and economy cannot be ruled out, and in light of the threat of new waves of migration, the internal political stability of many countries may be at risk. But there are also signs of hope. Finally, politicians seem to have recognized the importance of climate change.Carbon pricing is gaining momentum, and the business world is also slowly starting to think from an environmental perspective. Mujib Latif devotes his new book to these questions: What are the consequences of climate change – and how should we respond to them – environmentally, economically, politically and socially? The countdown has begun.
