From the Publisher
“In the context of a plethora of tomes about climate change filling bookshelves, this important new work by a brilliant young economist offers something very different—a lucid, balanced, and data-driven analysis of the gradual, long-term, and very real damages of a warming world. In so doing, Jisung Park provides a welcome respite from the extremists at either end of the spectrum, and thereby offers new insights regarding the threat of climate change, as well as valuable and pragmatic guidance about what can be done about it.”—Robert N. Stavins, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University“Jisung Park shows clearly why a warming world is such an insidious threat. Heat can harm us in a multitude of ways, and indeed Park demonstrates that it already is doing so. He summarizes extensive scientific evidence that even in the United States, one of the world's richest and best-adapted countries, we are paying a high price for the warming that has already occurred, and will pay even more for what may be to come. This book is compellingly written and is compulsory reading for anyone with an interest in one of the great issues of our time.”—Geoffrey Heal, Columbia Business School“Park adds a new dimension to our understanding of climate impacts, by focusing less on the huge dramatic consequences (wildfires the size of Rhode Island) and more on the intimate changes that a heated world produces (say, more aggression and violence). It’s a novel idea, and well presented.”—Bill McKibben