Book contents
- Development Disrupted
- Development Disrupted
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I
- Part II
- Part III
- 6 The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Implications for the Global North and South
- 7 Development Disrupted: Technology and the Global South
- 8 The Menace of Climate Change
- 9 The End of the Industrial Model of Development?
- Index
8 - The Menace of Climate Change
from Part III
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 July 2022
Book contents
- Development Disrupted
- Development Disrupted
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I
- Part II
- Part III
- 6 The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Implications for the Global North and South
- 7 Development Disrupted: Technology and the Global South
- 8 The Menace of Climate Change
- 9 The End of the Industrial Model of Development?
- Index
Summary
Climate change is an existential threat to humanity and to the many species that inhabit our planet. This is not hyperbole; indeed, as I write these words, we are realizing that we may have badly miscalculated. Events we thought were decades away are unfolding now, and are worse than anticipated. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns that if we continue with “business as usual” (BAU), by 2032, we will reach a tipping point where we face dire, irreversible consequences. Accordingly, it is imperative that we move beyond BAU and begin to identify and then reduce GHG emissions; hence, the time truly is now.
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- Development DisruptedThe Global South in the Twenty-First Century, pp. 193 - 225Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022