Climate Wars

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Informationen zum Autor Harald Welzer is Professor for Transformation Design at the University of Flensburg and Executive Director of the FUTURZWEI foundation. Klappentext Translation of: Klimakriege: wofeur im 21. Jahrhundert geteotet wird, 2008. Zusammenfassung Struggles over drinking water! new outbreaks of mass violence! ethnic cleansing! civil wars in the earth's poorest countries! endless flows of refugees: these are the new conflicts and forces shaping the world of the 21st century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements vi 1 A Ship in the Desert: The Past and Future of Violence 1 2 Climate Conflicts 8 3 Global Warming and Social Catastrophes 24 4 A Brief Survey of Climate Change 33 5 Killing Yesterday 39 6 Killing Today: Ecocide 51 7 Killing Tomorrow: Never-Ending Wars, Ethnic Cleansing, Terrorism, Shifting Boundaries 88 8 Changed Realities 138 9 The Revival of Old Conflicts: Faiths, Classes, Resources and the Erosion of Democracy 155 10 More Violence 160 11 What Can and Cannot Be Done - 1 163 12 What Can and Cannot Be Done - 2 179 Notes 184 Index 215