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氣候緊急時代來了: 從經濟海嘯到瘟疫爆發, 認清12大氣候風險與新生存模式

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內容簡介 ★一出版即登上《紐約時報》暢銷書排行榜TOP 1★《時代》雜誌評選年度100大必讀好書★《經濟學人》《紐約客》各大媒體年度推薦選書「氣候變遷加劇帶來的問題，就和無效的貨幣政策、貧富差距一樣，將在未來10年對全球經濟帶來爆炸性威脅。」－橋水基金創辦人Ray Dalio「很棒的一本書，還沒有人能把氣候變遷所代表的意義，如此鮮明的呈現在我們眼前。」─《華盛頓郵報》空汙致死人數全球每年高達700萬，等於每年都來一次納粹大屠殺；史上最熱的10年剛過，南極續飆20度高溫，未來每一年都可能創下「最熱的一年」；南北極融冰正造成海平面上升，危及世界三分之二的主要城市，20年內雅加達、深圳將被淹沒；大流行病全球化時代已開啟，病媒正隨著熱帶範圍向北推進，疫區界線正快速消失；從孟加拉到美國，全球將有2到10億人因洪水、熱浪、野火等淪為氣候難民；從中國到南歐，世界主要糧倉將變成永久乾旱區；在我們的有生之年，極端氣候將晉升到全新境界……我們是第一個看到氣候惡化的一代，也是最後一個有機會補救的一代。未來，沒有經濟週期，只有經濟大死亡。我們一直以為氣候變遷是個緩慢的過程，其實它快得令人不安。野火、洪水、瘟疫、空汙、饑荒、海平面上升等氣候災難不只悲慘、代價昂貴，還會更頻繁發生。氣候變遷帶來的經濟大倒退，將是完全不同等級。過去有衰退就有復甦，但未來世界不是這樣。氣候變遷加速，將創造新贏家與新輸家。過去我們理所當然認為未來是亞洲世紀，但如今氣候風險帶來種種不確定因素。中國會持續崛起，但須兼顧與海洋、空汙、怪病等氣候危機搏鬥；印度因氣候造成的經濟損失在全球居冠（美國居次），德里的空汙惡化到只要呼吸就等於每天抽兩包菸。有些地區則會因此受惠，如俄羅斯、加拿大等。原本不公平的世界，將變得更不公平。氣候變遷是鋪天蓋地的危機，影響我們生活的每個層面，但因而帶來的苦難或好處，卻不會平均分配，更多人將掉入極端貧窮的深淵。陷入危機的系統不只社會與經濟，還有人體。地球上仍有許多我們未知的細菌與病毒，可能因暖化轉移陣地、基因重組，甚至重新演化，全球化與都市化只會使疾病傳染更快速。氣候異常也已侵害心理健康與認知功能，使更多人患精神疾病、失智症。熱浪不只是熱浪，還會帶來其他浪潮：情感疾病、焦慮症、失智症。但情況是可以改變的，透過科學、消費、資本和選票做到三件事：必須將溫室氣體排放量減到零必須加快腳步並以更聰明的方式利用已有的工具，如太陽能和風能必須發明、推出突破性的技術，把發電以外的排放量也減到零成長法則已翻轉，面對氣候變遷，不作為的代價極大，積極為氣候轉型才能興利。※HBO Max取得影視版權將改拍成影集，由金獎導演Adam McKay編導本中文書介出自《氣候緊急時代來了: 從經濟海嘯到瘟疫爆發, 認清12大氣候風險與新生存模式》天下雜誌股份有限公司出版#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "The Uninhabitable Earth hits you like a comet, with an overflow of insanely lyrical prose about our pending Armageddon. "--Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday DemonWith a new afterwordIt is worse, much worse, than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible--food shortages, refugee emergencies, climate wars and economic devastation.An "epoch-defining book " (The Guardian) and "this generation's Silent Spring " (The Washington Post), The Uninhabitable Earth is both a travelogue of the near future and a meditation on how that future will look to those living through it--the ways that warming promises to transform global politics, the meaning of technology and nature in the modern world, the sustainability of capitalism and the trajectory of human progress.The Uninhabitable Earth is also an impassioned call to action. For just as the world was brought to the brink of catastrophe within the span of a lifetime, the responsibility to avoid it now belongs to a single generation--today's.Praise for The Uninhabitable Earth "The Uninhabitable Earth is the most terrifying book I have ever read. Its subject is climate change, and its method is scientific, but its mode is Old Testament. The book is a meticulously documented, white-knuckled tour through the cascading catastrophes that will soon engulf our warming planet. "--Farhad Manjoo, The New York Times "Riveting. . . . Some readers will find Mr. Wallace-Wells's outline of possible futures alarmist. He is indeed alarmed. You should be, too. "--The Economist "Potent and evocative. . . . Wallace-Wells has resolved to offer something other than the standard narrative of climate change. . . . He avoids the 'eerily banal language of climatology' in favor of lush, rolling prose. "--Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times "The book has potential to be this generation's Silent Spring. "--The Washington Post "The Uninhabitable Earth, which has become a best seller, taps into the underlying emotion of the day: fear. . . . I encourage people to read this book. "--Alan Weisman, The New York Review of Books"

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作者介紹 David Wallace-WellsDavid Wallace-Wells is a columnist and deputy editor at New York magazine. He has been a national fellow at the New America Foundation and was previously the deputy editor of The Paris Review. He lives in New York City.

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