Mayer Hillman social scientist and author has died aged 94
Mayer Hillman, a social scientist who predicted climate change impacts decades ago, has died at the age of 94.
Early predictions on climate crisis
In the late 1990s, Hillman warned that future generations would question why adults failed to prevent global climate catastrophe. He also noted that public denial of the crisis would crack when people in the global north faced personal effects like flooding homes.
Proposed solutions for environment
The author suggested energy audits for buildings in 1984, a practice later adopted as EPCs across England and Wales. He also advocated raising road intersections to pavement level and establishing cycle lanes more than 40 years ago.
Focus on climate solutions
Increasingly, his work centered on the climate crisis with a 2004 book titled How We Can Save the Planet. His ideas once considered outlandish are now viewed as unremarkable by many.
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