What an important volume! Some of the finest minds and most venerable campaigners of the climate world, together in one place making the case for the world we could still build. It will give every reader much to work with, as they try to make a difference for this besieged Earth!
Bill McKibben, author of Here Comes the Sun, Schumann Distinguished Scholar, Middlebury College, USA
What sets this book apart is its capacious yet cohesive vision of what must be done to meet the climate imperative. Structured as a linked series of compelling essays by leading scholars, it offers a rare and ultimately uplifting journey through the many dimensions of climate action. The narrative moves gracefully from personal reflection to larger human stories of societal risk, adaptation, and transformation, resolving in a clear-eyed vision of the shared global good that awaits as we rise to this generational challenge.
Peter de Menocal, marine geologist and paleoclimatologist, President and Director, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
This refreshingly readable collection not only explains the physical basis of the climate crisis, but also tackles the profound societal challenges it brings. New approaches are essential if we are to thrive on this planet, and this book details what they might look like. What I love is that the narrative is woven in a way that leaves the reader with hope and determination.
Helen Amanda Fricker, glaciologist, Professor of Geophysics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, USA
