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Life Plus 2 Meters is out! Support the Kickstarter!
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I started this project about five months ago, and it’s gone better than I expected.
I’ve just finished editing and assembling the first set of visions into another Aguanomics Press publication, Life Plus 2 Meters (volume 1). From my preface:
I began the Life Plus 2 Meters project in August 2016 after reading Martin Weitzman’s 2011 paper “Fat-tailed uncertainty in the economics of catastrophic climate change” and Hansen et al.’s 2016 paper “Ice melt, sea level rise and superstorms: evidence from paleoclimate data, climate modeling, and modern observations that 2C global warming could be dangerous.” The two papers led me to believe that our economic models severely understate the risk from climate change and that the IPCC’s estimated increase in sea level (“1 meter by 2100″) is far too optimistic. Hansen et al. say that sea level may rise by 6-9m by 2100. Even worse, that rise may arrive in an abrupt shock (e.g., “3-4m in a couple of years”) that would make retreat, rather than adaptation, the only response.This project aims to engage the public in planning for changes far more dramatic than those discussed in governmental and international forums, and it uses “climate fiction” methods of bringing different potential outcomes to life.
This edited volume presents a series of 29 “visions” by 27 authors of how we might (not) adapt to life in a climate-changed world where sea levels are 2 meters higher, weather patterns have shifted, storms have grown stronger, food systems are strained, and so on.
These visions may not agree with each other: their authors come from different academic, social and philosophical backgrounds. They will not be 100 percent accurate: our lives are affected by a complex mix of environmental, social, political and economic forces. They may not change your mind: everyone will read and interpret them differently. Our only goal here is that these visions help you think about how you, your community and your world — our civilization — might adapt to life in a climate-changed world.
The book is now available as a free PDF, but I will be preparing Kindle (free) and paperback ($10) versions ASAP.
Besides this amazing news — and really interesting reading! — I want to ask for your support for the next phase of the project: a Kickstarter to raise $1,200 for prizes to award authors submitting new stories for Life Plus 2 Meters (volume 2).
Bottom Line: Read the book, recommend it to others, and please support our Kickstarter in any way you can. We need more people thinking of how we will adapt to climate change.
Source: http://www.aguanomics.com/2016/12/life-plus-2-meters-is-out-support.html
