Two Birds in a Tree

NOTES

Foreword

1. South Asia Institute, “Mapping India’s Kumbh Mela,” Harvard University, accessed May 7, 2013, http://southasiainstitute.harvard.edu/kumbh-mela/mapping-indias-kumbh-mela/.

Introduction

1. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Climate Analytics, Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C World Must Be Avoided (Washington, DC: World Bank, November 2012). According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 2007 and 2012 assessments, almost 60 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions leading to climate change are due to industrial activity related to energy supply, manufacturing, and transportation. The rest are from forestry, agriculture, commercial and residential buildings, and wastewater treatment/use.

2. Estimates of ...