Axel Goodbody,Adeline Johns-Putra - Cli-Fi

What is Cli-Fi?Climate change fiction is a new literary phenomenon that emerged at the turn of the twenty-first century in response to what may be society's greatest challenge. Cli-fi novels and films are typically set in the future, telling of disaster and its effect on humans, or they depict the present, beset by dilemmas, conflicts or conspiracies, and pointing to grave consequences. Climate change is already part responsible for extreme weather events, flooding, desertification and sea level rise, leading to famine, the spread of disease, and population displacement.

What sacrifices will be necessary, and is a green dictatorship our only hope for survival as a species?Each chapter in this volume offers a At their heart are ethical and political questions: will humankind rise to the challenge of acting collectively, in the interest of the future?