Living With Climate Change

Professor Trevor Letcher is an Emeritus Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and living in the United Kingdom. He was previously Professor of Chemistry, and Head of Department, at the University of the Witwatersrand, Rhodes University, and Natal, in South Africa (1969-2004). He has published over 300 papers on areas such as chemical thermodynamic and waste from landfill in peer reviewed journals, and 100 papers in popular science and education journals. Prof. Letcher has edited and/or written 32 major books, of which 22 were published by Elsevier, on topics ranging from future energy, climate change, storing energy, waste, tyre waste and recycling, wind energy, solar energy, managing global warming, plastic waste, renewable energy, and environmental disasters. He has been awarded gold medals by the South African Institute of Chemistry and the South African Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics honoured him with a Festschrift in 2018. He is a life member of both the Royal Society of Chemistry (London) and the South African Institute of Chemistry. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, and is a Director of the Board of the International Association of Chemical Thermodynamics since 2002.

• A. INTRODUCTION1. The root causes of global warming and the new normal2. Strategies for mitigation of climate changeB. ARCHITECTURE3. Architectural Designs for the Future4. Adobe Houses for a climate changing world5. Climate Change adaptive measures for buildings6. The effect of Climate Change on the built environment7. Wind adaption in cities in the light of a changing climate8. Wind resistant housingC. FARMING, FORESTRY, WATER MANAGEMENT AND THE ECOSYSTEM9. Agriculture in a changing climate10. Impact of Climate Change on agriculture and its mitigating strategies11. Farmers views on Climate Change (Finland)12. Climate Change and adaptive water management for the global south13. Climate change and flooding and mitigation14. Soil function and climate change – mitigation, Improve soil so that it acts as a carbon storage system15. Soil erosion and global warming16. Forest Fires and Climate Change and mitigating techniques17. Connection of Climate Change and Forrest Fires in Australia; mitigating techniques18. Fire Pollution and mitigating techniques19. Climate Change and the Risk of Wild Fires20. Reduce beef Production, reduce meat eating21. Reducing climate impacts of beef production22. Global warming and beef production23. Climate Change and Eco-systemsD. HUMAN HEALTH24. Human health and climate change25. Climate Change and Mental Health26. Heat related mortality in the light of Global Warming and mitigating strategiesE. HUMAN MIGRATION27. Human MigrationF. ETHICS, JUSTICE, ECONOMICS AND THE INDIVIDUAL28. Climate Change and the Individual29. Ethics and Climate Change30. Justice in a climate changing world, Justice for global warming31. Economics of global warming, Redistribution of wealth, Degrowth?G. THE BIG PICTURE: WHAT MUST BE DONE32. Renewable Energy: The Future of Solar Energy33. Renewable Energy: The Future of Wind Energy34. Renewable Energy: The Future of Green Hydrogen to replace natural gas35. Renewable Energy: The future of Tidal Energy36. Renewable Energy: The Future of Wave Energy37. Renewable Energy: The Future of Geothermal Energy38. The Future of Nuclear Power and Small Modular Rectors