The world can now enjoy a renewable energy windfall a gigafall. I wrote a book, windfall, about who will profit from climate change. We cant trust capitalism to just fix this global warming mess mckenzie funk, author of windfall, on climate change s potential winnersand inevitable losers. As the west dries up, this hedge fund pioneer stands to. The booming business of global warming as soon as i saw the premise.
Climate change is here and what we can do about it. David wallacewells breaks down why viewing the fight against climate change as detrimental to economic growth is now obsolete logic. The booming business of global warming, author mckenzie funk writes about how people around the world are preparing for a. He traveled the world, meeting dutch seawall builders, arctic oil profiteers and many others looking to make a buck off the warming planet. The debate around climate change is shifting away from cost and risk, it said, toward the question of how to capitalize on exciting opportunities. How the new energy abundance upends global politics and strengthens americas power. This detailed literature summary also contains topics for discussion on windfall. And concerns over environment and climate change are spurring new forms of global action. The book follows several interesting dilemmas and opportunities resulting from changes in the environment, which funk generally attributes to manmade climate. The booming business of global warming, explores climate change profiteering. A new book explores the ways melting arctic ice yield new shipping channels, new oil and gas resources and potential profits.
Windfall is a collection of anecdotes from around the world and explains how everyone is and will be affected by climate change. Funk has written a fun book humanizing the problems of climate change, focused on the colorful entrepreneurs who see in an increasingly inhospitable world. All of these changes, moreover, are part of dynamic systems, which will continue to evolve, injecting new incentives and obstacles into the political domain as they do. The year you finally read a book about climate change. Journalist mckenzie funk opens his riveting new book, windfall. Mckenzie funks new book windfall documents how businesses hope to make money from climate. Greenland is such a small place, 57,000 people who have lived a basic life for so long. Mckenzie funk writes for harpers, national geographic, rolling stone, outside, and the new york times magazine and is the author of windfall, a book about climate change with reporting from five continents and 24 countries. Windfall is a shocking and important book that reads, at times, like dystopian science fiction written by michael lewis. Perhaps the only fun book on global climate change youll ever read. Mckenzie funks 20 book, windfall, a rollicking journey through the world of climate profiteers, begins with a 2008 fauxrainforest party for deutsche banks dws climate change fund. Windfall free summary by mckenzie funk getabstract. Attention to al gore is getting in the way of climate.
The gift from stewart and lynda resnick, the billionaire owners of bottled water and agriculture companies, comes amid growing urgency over climate change. The idea that, when it comes to climate change, the meaningful divide isnt between believers and doubters but winners and losers is at the heart of mckenzie funks immersive and startling windfall. Climate change is about to make a lot of people very rich. If the 50th anniversary of earth day has inspired you to finally read a book about climate change, were here to help you find just the right one. He spoke with salon about the resulting book, windfall, which makes the compelling case that the effects of climate change are even more unequal than weve been led to believe. Entrepreneurs looking for windfall cash in on climate change. If youve been keeping an eye on my progress of this book.
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Apparently, if you look at climate change the right way, it looks like money instead of disaster. The more likely cause of climate change over millions of years, before man showed up, is the sun. Windfall by mckenzie funk from politicians to profiteers, some people look at the effects of climate change and see dollar signs. Entrepreneurs all over the world are counting on it, claims journalist funk in his new book windfall. From politicians to profiteers, some people look at the effects of climate change and see dollar. It is a cynical but practical examination of how society and business will adapt, and the speculators, inventors, and hedgers who are a lot of books that ive read on climate change treat adaptation as. Journalist mckenzie funk takes a unique look at climate change and investigates the businesses and entrepreneurs that are coming up with solutions to help them profit from the impact. As the west dries up, this hedge fund pioneer stands to make a killing a sneak peek at windfall, a smart new book on the business of climate change.
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It is a cynical but practical examination of how society and business will adapt, and the speculators, inventors, and hedgers who are a lot of books that ive read on climate change. But this is not the primary subject of mckenzie funks fascinating and troubling new book, windfall. Most writings on climate change are tedious or polemical. Solar activity changes over time and pretty sure the earth orbit is not perfectly circular. A veteran bookseller, he was a founder, and for twenty years publisher, of the book. Whether you are giving gifts to others or to yourself, this list of the best popular science books of 2018 about climate change, conservation and the environment is a great place to start. The booming business of global warming, with a carnivallike scene at a deutsche bank road show called the investment climate. I was a bit hesitant about starting windfall, as i do not need to read a book about the truth of global warming or climate change. They are a small part of the problem causing climate change. Mckenzie funk, 2012 knightwallace fellow, is the author of windfall. Windfall is a book about climate change that accepts the premise that society will fail to do enough to avoid the effects of a warmer planet. He is one of the founding members of the journalism collective deca.
Access a free summary of windfall, by mckenzie funk and 20000 other business, leadership and nonfiction books on getabstract. For leaders in government and business affected by global trends, windfall. Ten of the best books about climate change, conservation. Honorable mention for the rachel carson environment book award. What follows is a full executive summary of windfall. While the issue of climate change rises in importance to the u. The booming business of global warming, by mckenzie funk, focuses on the economic perspective of climate change issues. On book tour and in advance of the latest bleak report from the intergovernmental panel on. Funk visits the front lines of the melt, the drought, and the deluge to make a human accounting of the booming business of global warming.
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