Elemental

Oxford-trained historian and former British diplomat, Arthur Snell delivers the first comprehensive account of the geopolitics of climate change. Within our lifetimes, rising water levels and temperatures, plus increased scarcity and economic pressure, will inevitably drive both conflict and mass migration among the world's major powers. Natural disasters and the battle for rare metals that are essential to our technology will shake the established world order to its core within this century. With over 25 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, military spending and violence. Through four sections - Earth, Air, Fire and Water - Elemental blends reportage with analysis and interviews from a range of international experts, policymakers and politicians, to reveal the turbulent future we face - and the choices we need to make to avert disaster.