Top Spec Geography The Climate Crisis

About this book

Climate change is widely taught in schools and colleges, and its causes and potential impacts are discussed in numerous publications. However, few school books ever speak of a climate 'crisis'. Yet a crisis it truly is. Geography and geographers play a key role in developing an understanding of the climate crisis, from its causes to the risks it poses and the current and possible future impacts. This book offers a view of the crisis: its origins, the main drivers, its impacts, and some proposed solutions. Among other things, it explores the meaning of a climate 'crisis'; discusses how the concept has arisen as scientists gain increasing confidence in the data signalling dramatic changes in global climate systems; examines the causes of the crisis and assesses the impacts, both now and in the future; and considers why the nature of the crisis is complex, and how any solutions may need to be radical, e.g. in energy production and use.