CLIMATE INJUSTICE

I can t recommend this book highly enough It will change how you think about the most important story of our time JEFF GOODELL New York Times bestselling author of The Heat Will Kill You First From one of the world s most celebrated thinkers on climate change comes a groundbreaking investigation into the human costs of extreme weather Climate change concerns everyone but it does not affect us all equally In this gripping provocative manifesto climate scientist Friederike Otto makes the case that the world s most vulnerable populations are the most at risk of being impacted by climate change though they did the least to cause it Comparing eight extreme weather events including heat waves in North America floods in Pakistan droughts in Madagascar and wildfires in Australia Otto shows how global inequality is exacerbating the effects of climate change and exposes uncomfortable truths about the failures of political and social infrastructures around the world In particular Otto examines the Global North s extractionist view of the Global South a view that ensures elites are protected while others bear the brunt of climate disasters An engrossing deeply moving book Climate Injustice shares the stories of real people shining a light on the real damage ext