Bill McGuire is Professor Emeritus of Geophysical and Climate Hazards at UniversityCollege London, a co-director of the New Weather Institute, and was a contributor to the2012 IPCC report on climate change and extreme events. His books include A Guide tothe End of the World: Everything you Never Wanted to Know and Waking the Giant: How aChanging Climate Triggers Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanoes. He writes for manypublications including The Guardian, The Times, The Observer, New Scientist, Focus andProspect, and blogs for the New Weather Institute, Scientists for Global Responsibility,Extinction Rebellion and Operation Noah.