Elemental: The New Geography of Climate Change and How We Survive It: The first comprehensive account of the geopolitics of climate change - Couverture rigide

Snell, Arthur

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1035412942 ISBN 13 : 9781035412945

Editeur : Wildfire, 2026

Synopsis

'An extraordinary mastery of geopolitics, combining years on the ground in the most challenging places, a raw instinct for politics and a deep ethical concern for the world in the face of climate catastrophe. A masterpiece.' - RORY STEWART

'A powerful, passionate and utterly convincing book.' - LORD PETER RICKETTS

From the water-stressed mountains of the Arabian Peninsula to the wildfires raging through America's most populated regions, the climate crisis is already affecting the lives of millions. As natural disasters and increased scarcity shake the established world order to its core, Elemental reveals an alternative future is still possible.

Within this century, the new era of extreme weather will threaten India's ability to grow rice, prevent southern Europe's farms from providing the continent with fresh produce, and make building in Saudi Arabia near impossible. While such unprecedented challenges inevitably drive conflict, they will also encourage innovation, upending economies and global power structures to create opportunities for new players and pioneering ways of living.

In this groundbreaking study, Arthur Snell visits rapidly changing societies to show how we can live on a warming planet. He presents a vision in which Africa powers Europe with solar energy, where autocratic oil states are no more, and new shipping routes across the melting Arctic bring Asia, Europe and North America closer than ever before. In Russia, huge areas of highly fertile land will be exposed by the melting ice for whoever can seize it, while China's stranglehold on rare minerals looks set to make it the world's leading superpower.

Through four sections - Earth, Air, Fire and Water - Elemental blends reportage with analysis and interviews with key experts, policymakers and politicians, to reveal the turbulent future we face - and the choices we need to make to avert disaster.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Arthur Snell is an expert on the interaction between geopolitics and climate change with a degree in History from the University of Oxford. He has over thirty years' experience in conflict zones and fragile states throughout the Middle East and Africa, and advised governments - including Ukraine during the current conflict - on a range of security- and conflict-related issues. He is also an Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute, the world's oldest think tank, a former British Ambassador, and has hosted numerous podcasts which have had millions of downloads.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

PRAISE FOR ELEMENTAL

'An extraordinary mastery of geopolitics, combining years on the ground in the most challenging places, a raw instinct for politics and a deep ethical concern for the world in the face of climate catastrophe. A masterpiece.'

Rory Stewart

'A powerful, passionate and utterly convincing book, which brings a diplomat's experience to bear on why climate change is driving conflict and disorder in our world and what can still be done to reverse these alarming trends.'

Lord Peter Ricketts, former UK National Security Adviser, ex-head of the diplomatic service and UK ambassador to France

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

With over 30 years' experience in conflict zones and fragile states, Arthur Snell travels from the heat of the Sahel to the Arctic Circle to show how climate change is coinciding with a breakdown in geopolitical order, increasing conflict and economic crises.

Within our lifetimes, rising temperatures, sea levels and scarcity will inevitably drive both conflict and mass migration globally. Natural disasters and the battle for rare minerals that are essential to clean energy will shake the established world order to its core within this century. When the rain wrecks India's ability to grow rice, the heat makes building impossible in Saudi Arabia, wildfires rage through America's most populated regions, and in Russia huge areas of highly fertile land are exposed by the melting ice, what will living on a warmer planet actually look like?

Here, for the very first time, historian and former British diplomat Arthur Snell delivers a comprehensive account of the geopolitics of climate change. Through four sections - Earth, Air, Fire and Water - Elemental blends reportage with analysis and interviews with key experts, policymakers and politicians, to reveal the turbulent future we face - and the choices we need to make to avert disaster.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wildfire
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1035412942
• ISBN 13: 9781035412945
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400
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