Winner of the Axiom Bronze Medal in Philanthropy, Nonprofit, and Sustainability
A Library Journal Best Nonfiction Book of the Year
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
A Behavioral Scientist Notable Book of the Year
A Chatham House Library Top Book of the Year
Shortlisted for the Business Impact Award, getAbstract Journal
Longlisted for the Porchlight Business Book Awards, Big Ideas & New Perspectives

“Excellent. . . . Professor Park argues persuasively that we have been so focused on apocalyptic scenarios that we haven’t focused enough on the other consequences of climate change.”

— Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times

“[A] deeply researched book. . . . With gripping prose, this book encourages policymakers to consider the many hazards associated with the unavoidable increases in global temperature that the world faces. This is a call to arms addressing one of the most critical issues of contemporary times.”

— Library Journal (Starred Review)

“Superbly written, thoroughly researched, and thoughtful. . . . [Slow Burn] is one of the best books on climate policy.”

— Choice

“Park writes clearly and well, making a strong case for immediate action rather than waiting for the costs to compound—which, over the next couple decades, they are certain to do. A multifaceted look at the many externalities of a warming world.”

— Kirkus

“In the context of a plethora of tomes about climate change filling bookshelves, this important new work by a brilliant young economist offers something very different—a lucid, balanced, and data-driven analysis of the gradual, long-term, and very real damages of a warming world. In so doing, Jisung Park provides a welcome respite from the extremists at either end of the spectrum, and thereby offers new insights regarding the threat of climate change, as well as valuable and pragmatic guidance about what can be done about it.”

— Robert N. Stavins, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

“Jisung Park shows clearly why a warming world is such an insidious threat. Heat can harm us in a multitude of ways, and indeed Park demonstrates that it already is doing so. He summarizes extensive scientific evidence that even in the United States, one of the world’s richest and best-adapted countries, we are paying a high price for the warming that has already occurred, and will pay even more for what may be to come. This book is compellingly written and is compulsory reading for anyone with an interest in one of the great issues of our time.”

— Geoffrey Heal, Columbia Business School

“Park adds a new dimension to our understanding of climate impacts, by focusing less on the huge dramatic consequences (wildfires the size of Rhode Island) and more on the intimate changes that a heated world produces (say, more aggression and violence). It’s a novel idea, and well presented.”

— Bill McKibben

Slow Burn has been the subject of talks and conversations at Politics and Prose, The World Bank, the Smithsonian, Princeton, the Free Library of Philadelphia, the John Adams Institute (Amsterdam), the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (Berlin), Seoul National University, and the Seoul Metropolitan Government, among others.

Available in Korean, Greek, and Polish translations.