'Truly essential'MARGARET ATWOOD'Eye-opening and essential'BILL GATES'I find it hard to express how much I love this book'RUTGER BREGMAN'The climate and environmental crisis now has its Hans Rosling'DAVID WALLACE-WELLS'An unmissable myth-busting book to save our planet - read it'TIM SPECTORFeeling anxious,powerless or confused about the future of our planet This book will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems - and how we can solve themWe are bombarded by doomsday headlines that tell us the soil won't be able to support crops,fish will vanish from our oceans,that we should reconsider having children.But in this bold,radically hopeful book,data scientist Hannah Ritchie argues that if we zoom out,a very different picture emerges. The data shows we've made so much progress on these problems,and so fast,that we could be on track to achieve true sustainability for the first time in history.Packed with the latest research,practical guidance and enlightening graphics,this book will make you rethink almost everything you've been told about the environment,from the virtues of eating locally and living in the countryside,to the evils of overpopulation,plastic straws and palm oil. It will give you the tools to understand what works,what doesn't and what we urgently need to focus on so we can leave a sustainable planet for future generations.These problems are big. But they are solvable. We are not doomed. We can build a better future for everyone. Let's turn that opportunity into reality.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9781784745004Number of pages: 352Weight: 750 gDimensions: 240 x 156 x 40 mm
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An inspiring data-mine which gives us not only real guidance,but the most necessary ingredient of all: hopeWith comprehensive data and sometimes counterintuitive conclusions,Hannah Ritchie does for the environment what Hans Rosling did for health...I hope people around the world read this book,understand our planet isn't a lost cause,and get inspired to help fix itHannah Ritchie has charted an invigorating,inspiring,often surprising tour of recent human history and the many marks of progress it contains. Will the world make good on that optimism in the future That is up to the rest of usIt shines with practicality and positivity...Let's get it into the hands of as many policy makers,politicians and fellow citizens as possibleAn unmissable myth-busting book to save our planet - read itSuch a clear-eyed view of the state we're inA refreshing perspective on the problems that the world faces,providing plenty of optimism while not sugar-coating the deep structural challenges at the root of it allData is a superpower. Let Hannah Ritchie show you the world as it really is. Then go out and change it for the betterSome deny there are environmental problems,others deny that we can solve them. Hannah Ritchie reveals that they are both wrongA refreshingly upbeat guide to achieving sustainabilityThe surprising message in the data is that human civilization is far along toward solving planetary problems
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