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For a summary of climate feedback dynamics see David Wasdell, “The Westminster Briefing: An Introduction to Climate Dynamics”, 2007, available at http://tinyurl.com/5te8ds . In the words of the IPCC, “The response of the climate system to anthropogenic forcing [heating caused by human activity] is expected to be more complex than simple cause and effect relationships would suggest; rather, it could exhibit chaotic behavior with cascades of effects across the different scales and with the potential for abrupt and perhaps irreversible transitions.” Available at www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/wg1/ar4-wg1-chapter7.pdf , p 566.

David Fleming
Dr David Fleming (2 January 1940 – 29 November 2010) was a cultural historian and economist, based in London, England. He was among the first to reveal the possibility of peak oil's approach and invented the influential TEQs scheme, designed to address this and climate change. He was also a pioneer of post-growth economics, and a significant figure in the development of the UK Green Party, the Transition Towns movement and the New Economics Foundation, as well as a Chairman of the Soil Association. His wide-ranging independent analysis culminated in two critically acclaimed books, 'Lean Logic' and 'Surviving the Future', published posthumously in 2016. These in turn inspired the 2020 launches of both BAFTA-winning director Peter Armstrong's feature film about Fleming's perspective and legacy - 'The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation?' - and Sterling College's unique 'Surviving the Future: Conversations for Our Time' online courses. For more information on all of the above, including Lean Logic, click the little globe below!

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