From the Large Print - Large print edition
Setting the stage. The biggest picture ; Science : the dawn of the modern climate change era
The 1980s. Science in the 1980s ; The 1980s : a distracted public ; Business and finance in the 1980s : creating the denial playbook
The 1990s. Reality : ominous portents of change ; Climate science in the 1990s : a new paradigm emerges ; The public : stirred but not shaken ; Business and finance in the 1990s : mobilizing, but against climate action
The new millennium. Reality in the oughts ; The science of climate change in the oughts ; Public opinion in the oughts : a climate denier in the White House ; Business and finance in the oughts : stirrings of change
2010s : things get real. The 2010s : reality bites ; The climate picture comes into focus ; The 2010s : the public realizes that something is wrong ; The 2010s: business and finance awaken to the threat
Where do we go from here? The trap we've set for ourselves ; A narrow path to a livable future.