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Glass, Matthew

 
9780802118882: Ultimatum
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ISBN 10: 0802118887 ISBN 13: 9780802118882
Editorial: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, 2009

Sinopsis

<div>November 2032. Joe Benton has just been elected the forty-eighth president of the United States. Only days after winning, Benton learns from his predecessor that previous estimates regarding the effect of global warming on rising sea levels have been grossly underestimated. For the United States, a leading carbon emitter for decades, the prospects are devastating: thirty million coastal-dwelling citizens will need to be relocated; Miami will be washed into the ocean and southern California will waste away to desert; the relocation process will cost trillions of dollars. With the world frighteningly close to catastrophe, Benton opts to abandon multilateral negotiations in the Kyoto 4 summit and resumes secret bilateral negotiations with the Chinese&#8212the world&#8217;s worst polluter. As the two superpowers lock horns, the ensuing battle of wits becomes a race against time. <i>Ultimatum</i> is a visionary and deeply unsettling thriller that explores the most pressing issue of the twenty-first century&#8212the future of our planet&#8212and boldly predicts the way the world will be in twenty-five years.</div>

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Reseña del editor

November 2032. Newly elected U.S. President Joe Benton learns that previous estimates regarding the effect of global warming on rising sea levels have been grossly underestimated. This visionary, deeply unsettling thriller predicts the way the world will be in 25 years.

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Editorial
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Año de publicación
2009
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0802118887
ISBN 13 
9780802118882
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
400
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
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