Windfall

McKenzie Funk is a Windfall author and award-winning magazine journalist. His work has featured in Harper's Bazaar, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Outside, and the New York Times, among other publications.

Sean Runnette's narrations have garnered him two Audie nominations and five Earphones Awards. In addition, he has directed and produced over 200 audiobooks, including several Audie Award winners. He has performed with The American Repertory Theater and Mabou Mines on tour, and his film and television roles include Two if by Sea, Copland, Sex and the City, Law & Order, and Third Watch.

McKenzie Funk has spent the last six years around the world reporting on how we are preparing for a warmer world. Funk demonstrates that the easiest way to comprehend the disaster of global warming is to look at it through the eyes of those who perceive it most clearly—as a business opportunity.

The physical effects of global warming can be divided into three categories: melt, drought, and deluge. Funk goes to over a dozen countries to interview entrepreneurs who see opportunity in each of these drivers.

The thaw is a windfall for newly arable, mineral-rich Arctic territories like Greenland, as well as the Israelis, who are the surprising monarchs of the fabricated snow trade. Desalination, which is critical to Israel's survival, can yield a snow-like byproduct that alpine countries employ to extend their ski season.

Drought generates chances for private firefighters who work for insurance firms in California, as well as investment managers who support South Sudanese warlords who dominate local agriculture. There is no more valuable asset than food as droughts spike global food prices.

The deluge—rising oceans, surging rivers, and superstorms that will threaten island nations and coastal cities—has been our most distant concern, but it is no longer so distant after Hurricane Sandy and failure after failure to reduce global carbon emissions. The race is on for Dutch architects constructing floating cities and American scientists patenting hurricane defenses. The impending flood poses an existential threat to low-lying countries like Bangladesh.

Funk travels to the front lines of the melt, drought, and deluge to provide a personal narrative of the thriving business of global warming. We are choosing to adapt to a hotter planet by allowing climate change to continue unabated. The subsequent boom will be huge business; few will prosper, but much of the world will suffer. In Windfall, McKenzie Funk has examined both sides, and his findings will astound us all. It is regarded as one of the best books on climate change.

Author: Mckenzie Funk

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