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The Great Transformation: Climate-Can We Beat the Heat? A Comic by Reinhold Leinfelder and others

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The Great Transformation: Climate-Can We Beat the Heat? by German author Reinhold Leinfelder and others, is regarded as the most comprehensive discussion on global climate change and many related aspects, all in comic book form. “This comic book explains the WBGU flagship report “World in Transition – A Social Contract for Sustainability”. In this comic, nine top scientists, the members of WBGU as comic-book heroes, show us that we can beat the heat – and how to do it.” DOWNLOADABLE VERSION: The Great Transformation: Climate-Can We Beat the Heat? A comic book by, Hamann, A., Zea-Schmidt, C., Leinfelder, R. (Hrsg.) (2014) – 138 pp., German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), Berlin. ISBN 978-3-93619-41-7. Translated from the German edition (Berlin, 2013) by Bob Culverhouse. Read Full Abstract and Learn More; WBGU Climate change, the Anthropocene, rising CO2 levels, the Earth Summit in Rio, wind turbines, combined heat and power generation, desertification, biodiversity loss, Germany’s Renewable Energy Act, pioneers of change – what do all these terms mean exactly and how are they all linked? This comic offers answers…

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