Benjamin Lieberman is Professor of History at Fitchburg State University, Massachusetts, USA. His research interests include ethnic cleansing and genocide. He is the author of Terrible Fate: Ethnic Cleansing and the Making of Modern Europe (2006).

Glossary
Timeline
Introduction
1. A Fragile Start: Ice Ages
2. The Rise of Farming
3. Complex Societies
4. Climate and Civilizations of the Middle Ages
5. Little Ice Age and Regional Climate Change
6. Humans Take Over: Industrialization and Climate Change
7. The Future is Now: Climate Change and Human Societies in the 21st Century
8. Climate Change and Human Responses: Projections and Controversies
9. Declarations, Rebellions and Marches: The Climate Change Emergency
Bibliography
Index