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What is Overshoot about?

A scathing critique of proposals to geoengineer our way out of climate disaster by the bestselling author of How to Blow Up a Pipeline It might soon be far too hot on this planet. What do we do then? In the era of "overshoot," schemes abound for turning down the heat–not now, but a few decades down the road. We’re being told that we can return to liveable temperatures by means of technologies for removing CO2 from the air or blocking incoming sunlight.If they even exist, such technologies are not safe. They come with immense uncertainties and risks. Worse, like magical promises of future redemption, they might provide reasons for continuing to emit in the present. But do they also hold some potentials? In Overshoot two leading climate scholars subject the plans for saving the planet after it’s been wrecked to critical study. Carbon dioxide removal is already having effects, as an excuse for continuing business as usual, while... Halftitle 2 Titlepage 3 Copyright 4 Dedication 5 Contents 6 Preface 7 I. The Limit Is Not A Limit 13 1. Chronicle of Three Years Out of Control 14 2. When Is It Too Late? 38 3. The Rise of Overshoot Ideology 69 II. Fossil Capital Is A Demon 116 4. The Polit

Author

Andreas Malm; Wim Carton

Publisher

Verso Books

Language

EN

ISBN

9781804294000