The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change

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The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change
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Author Al Gore
Country United States
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Random House
Publication date
January 29, 2013
Pages592 [1]
ISBN 978-0812992946
Website algore.com/library/the-future-six-drivers-of-global-change

The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change is a 2013 book by Al Gore. The six drivers of change described are: "Outgrowth", "The Reinvention of Life and Death", "The Edge", "Earth Inc.", "The Global Mind", and "Power in the Balance". The book covers topics such of climate change, population growth, topsoil depletion, as well as the Internet and global trade. [2]

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