Overheated

[I]ts strength lies in its clear-eyed assessment of the costs involved in various policy responses to the issue. - Washington Post A respected legal scholar, educator, and economist, Guzman is far from an environmental alarmist. His precise analyses and stirring conclusions are presented in unambiguous terms, and with compassion and concern for those most likely to be affected by a continued lack of action on the most critical issue of modern times. ---Booklist A disturbing yet realistic examination of the consequences of a warmer world. --Kirkus Reviews Overheated provides a lucid vision of the catastrophic consequences we will face if we fail to transition away from a fossil fuel-based economy. What gives the book power is the perspective it provides, of a legal scholar who initially viewed climate change as an interesting topic for academic research, to a passionate advocate for tackling the greatest threat human civilization has yet faced. If you care about the future of our planet, read this book. --Michael E. Mann, Director of Penn State Earth System Science Center and author of The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars Andrew Guzman offers a concise and useful overview of the kind of problems a heating world will encounter-indeed, already is encountering. There's nothing alarmist here-just straightforwardly realistic, and hence all the scarier. --Bill McKibben, author Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet In Overheated, Andrew T. Guzman, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, compellingly lays out the specific shocks that these trends are likely to administer to human populations, their governments, and the bottom lines of their productive economies. --Bookforum