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Review of ‘Life on a Little- Known Planet’ by Elizabeth Kolbert
Read more: Review of ‘Life on a Little- Known Planet’ by Elizabeth KolbertKolbert, the Pulitzer Prize winning author, has gathered for her readers 17 celebratory articles from the last 20 years of her writing career, to highlight and inspire others working for a better climate today and tomorrow. With devastating climate events happening daily around the world, articles on issues from ten years or over, may seem…
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Review of ‘Clearing the Air’ by Hannah Ritchie
Read more: Review of ‘Clearing the Air’ by Hannah Ritchie‘Climate change- and the energy, materials and food systems that drive it- is a massive but solvable problem.’ It is not often that we find a climate book that is openly honest, factual and optimistic about where we are in ‘one of the biggest challenges that humanity faces’. Ritchie structures this book into a question-…
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Review of ‘Here Comes The Sun’ by Bill McKibben
Read more: Review of ‘Here Comes The Sun’ by Bill McKibbenBill McKibben’s ‘Here Comes The Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization’ is a book which throughout highlights the transformative revolution of solar power and which revels in the ability for countries around the world to see past the short-term interests of the fossil fuel industry- desperately clinging on…
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Review of ‘Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet’ by Kate Marvel
Read more: Review of ‘Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet’ by Kate MarvelDr Marvel’s ‘Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet’ is a wonderfully balanced book. It offers clear and detailed scientific information, which logically ties all the climate clues together, while at the same being unashamedly and unapologetically a personal account of the range of feelings that the climate crisis brings. Marvel’s writing…
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Review of ‘Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World’ by Michael Mann and Peter Hotez
Read more: Review of ‘Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World’ by Michael Mann and Peter HotezWhen two world-class science heavyweights take the time to warn us about scientific endeavour being under attack by bad actors, it is incumbent upon us to listen. Doctors Michael Mann and Peter Hotez have spent much of their professional life being targeted by the political and ideological opposition to science at enormous personal cost and…
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Review of ‘Total Garbage- How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal the World’, Edward Humes
Read more: Review of ‘Total Garbage- How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal the World’, Edward Humes‘You will swallow 285 pieces of plastic today. You will do it again tomorrow, and the next day, and the next.’ ‘Total Garbage’ by Edward Humes opens with shocking facts about the level of plastic pollution that we have in our world today. He helpfully visualises the extent of the plastic that we are ingesting…
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Review of ‘Climate Capitalism: Winning the Global Race to Zero Emissions’ by Akshat Rathi
Read more: Review of ‘Climate Capitalism: Winning the Global Race to Zero Emissions’ by Akshat Rathi‘It’s now cheaper to save the world than destroy it.’ Rathi’s ‘Climate Capitalism’ starts with a stark economic argument, one which might resonate with economists, company directors and policy makers, but misses the mark somewhat with the public. The book charts so-called ‘unlikely heroes’ who have had long-term visions and through timing, solutions and being…
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Review of ‘A Climate of Truth: Why We Need It And How to Get It’ by Mike Berners- Lee
Read more: Review of ‘A Climate of Truth: Why We Need It And How to Get It’ by Mike Berners- LeeMike Berners-Lee’s fresh new book challenges us all that we deserve more on climate communication, that we should expect more and finally, that we have the agency to demand more on climate communication. He calls for a new high standard of honesty and truth to reset the moral balance and reminds us that the standard…
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Review of ‘Climate Injustice: Why We Need to Fight Global Inequality to Combat Climate Change’ by Dr Friederike Otto
Read more: Review of ‘Climate Injustice: Why We Need to Fight Global Inequality to Combat Climate Change’ by Dr Friederike Otto‘Climate Injustice’ by Dr Otto is an uncomfortable read for an audience in the Global North and reminds us of the truth- that if your neighbour’s house is on fire, you don’t argue about the price of your garden hose. You put out the fire. This is not simply a book about more frequent extreme…
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