17th Century Climate Crisis
The effects of climate change are here and serious. While it may seem like uncharted waters in the modern era, our ancestors in the 1600s faced a global climate crisis in a century wracked by wars, famines, and social unrest. Historian Geoffrey Parker discusses the lessons of the 17th century, where elites \u2014 with the exception of Tokugawa Japan \u2014 responded to the \u201cLittle Ice Age\u201d with wars and scapegoating.\nResources:\nGeoffrey Parker,\xa0Global Crisis War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century Yale University Press, 2013\nphoto: Matt Palmer via Unsplash\n\nThe post 17th Century Climate Crisis appeared first on KPFA.