Primary Source of Cartoons: [cartoonstock.com](http://cartoonstock.com) .\\



Primary Graphics Generator: [R Language](https://www.r-project.org/) .\\



Front Cover Design: [Midul Hasan](https://www.fiverr.com/midulhasankhan)  and Ivo Welch.\\



This book is accompanied by a free online version at [https://climate-change.world](https://climate-change.world/) , which has [hyperlinked](https://climate-change.world/)  references (merely underlined in the printed version) and fully colorized graphs.



Many people have helped us with advice on subjects that we have struggled with.  This does not necessarily mean that they endorsed our final perspectives.  We want to thank especially the following:



Ronald K. Linde, California Institute of Technology



Michael E. Mann, Pennsylvania State University



Nicholas Stern, London School of Economics



It may be a bit unusual, but our editor Mary Clare McEwing did such a superb job on helping us with the first edition of this book that she deserves a special callout.  Thanks, Mary Clare --- we could not have written this book without you!