Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World
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- Author：Gaia Vince
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Summary
“The MOST IMPORTANT BOOK I imagine I'll ever read。”—Mary Roach
FROM AN AWARD-WINNING SCIENCE JOURNALIST comes an urgent investigation of environmental migration—the most underreported， seismic consequence of our climate crisis that will force us to change where—and how—we live。
“An IMPORTANT and PROVOCATIVE start to a crucial conversation。” —Bill McKibben
“We are facing a species emergency。 We can survive， but to do so will require a planned and deliberate migration of a kind humanity has never before undertaken。 This is the biggest human crisis you’ve never heard of。”
Drought-hit regions bleeding those for whom a rural life has become untenable。 Coastlines diminishing year on year。 Wildfires and hurricanes leaving widening swaths of destruction。 The culprit， most of us accept， is climate change， but not enough of us are confronting one of its biggest， and most present， consequences: a total reshaping of the earth’s human geography。 As Gaia Vince points out early in Nomad Century， global migration has doubled in the past decade， on track to see literal billions displaced in the coming decades。 What exactly is happening， Vince asks？ And how will this new great migration reshape us all？
In this deeply-reported clarion call， Vince draws on a career of environmental reporting and over two years of travel to the front lines of climate migration across the globe， to tell us how the changes already in play will transform our food， our cities， our politics， and much more。 Her findings are answers we all need， now more than ever。
FROM AN AWARD-WINNING SCIENCE JOURNALIST comes an urgent investigation of environmental migration—the most underreported， seismic consequence of our climate crisis that will force us to change where—and how—we live。
“An IMPORTANT and PROVOCATIVE start to a crucial conversation。” —Bill McKibben
“We are facing a species emergency。 We can survive， but to do so will require a planned and deliberate migration of a kind humanity has never before undertaken。 This is the biggest human crisis you’ve never heard of。”
Drought-hit regions bleeding those for whom a rural life has become untenable。 Coastlines diminishing year on year。 Wildfires and hurricanes leaving widening swaths of destruction。 The culprit， most of us accept， is climate change， but not enough of us are confronting one of its biggest， and most present， consequences: a total reshaping of the earth’s human geography。 As Gaia Vince points out early in Nomad Century， global migration has doubled in the past decade， on track to see literal billions displaced in the coming decades。 What exactly is happening， Vince asks？ And how will this new great migration reshape us all？
In this deeply-reported clarion call， Vince draws on a career of environmental reporting and over two years of travel to the front lines of climate migration across the globe， to tell us how the changes already in play will transform our food， our cities， our politics， and much more。 Her findings are answers we all need， now more than ever。
Reviews
Simms
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I'm not sure who this book is really for。。。 The book is part explication of the dire consequences of a potential 4°C warming of global temperatures， part prediction of the ways human society will or may have to change due to migration， part suggestion of policies and plans that could or should be implemented to either slow the temperature rise or effectively deal with the migration 。。。 with mixed results。 As a warning of the effects of climate change， it is grim and unreassuring， as it no doubt I'm not sure who this book is really for。。。 The book is part explication of the dire consequences of a potential 4°C warming of global temperatures， part prediction of the ways human society will or may have to change due to migration， part suggestion of policies and plans that could or should be implemented to either slow the temperature rise or effectively deal with the migration 。。。 with mixed results。 As a warning of the effects of climate change， it is grim and unreassuring， as it no doubt is meant to be; indeed， the book seems most effective as a piece of scaremongering to get people motivated to address the climate （and I say that in the most positive sense）。 As a prediction of the changes to come， it is a mixed bag， sometimes intriguing （such as the discussion of projected changes in habitable zones in Greenland or Canada） and sometimes head-scratchingly pat （such as when the author flatly predicts that the greening of the electrical grid will have been accomplished by the time her children are in their 30s）。 The book also seems to entirely disregard predictions of any political ramifications of the predicted changes， including conflict; mass migration seems to be expected with tremendous peaceful cooperation between nations。 I understand that prediction of such geopolitical factors is wildly difficult， but without them it raises questions of the utility of the entire exercise。Likewise it is mixed as a collection of policy proposals。 Many are quite reasonable， if vague， but they are often things that the reader cannot possibly affect unless they work specifically in the fields of public policy or urban planning， or in the government more generally; more to the point， much of the suggestions regard the author's theorized newly-built cities in the far north， which are decades or more away from reality -- hopefully these urban-planning or government-employed readers are quite young！ In other cases the proposals are vague to the point of irrelevancy or seem unmoored from reality， such as when the author proposes that private aircraft be banned unless they are electric （with seemingly little regard to the energy-density problems that render cost-effective all-electric air travel a pipe dream with current technology）。 In the end， the only real actionable takeaway the reader can get from this book is a broad "be more concerned about climate change！" （unless one is lucky enough to be a teenager who is dying to go into urban planning and has a really great memory）。 That's a fine lesson， to be sure， but reading 280-odd pages to get it is perhaps not worth the time commitment， and most people who are interested and receptive enough to the book's premise to actually pick it up are already going to be onboard。Thanks to NetGalley and Flatiron Books for the ARC。 。。。more
Kevin Halter
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