Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart.... Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens. Carl Jung
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg
"The main problem is that we are not aware of the fact that we are not aware. Recognizing this double lack of awareness is the key to understanding the climate crisis." Greta Thunberg p. 278
The Climate Book (New York, NY: Penguin Press, 2023) by Greta Thunberg
Part One: How Climate Works
'To solve this problem, we need to understand it' by Greta Thunberg
The deep history of carbon dioxide by Peter Brannen
Our evolutionary impact by Beth Shapiro
Civilization and extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
'The science is as solid as it gets'by Greta Thunberg
The discovery of climate change by Michael Oppenheimer
Why didn't they act? by Naomi Oreskes
Tipping points and feedback loops by Johan Rockstrom
'This is the biggest story in the world' by Greta Thunberg
Part Two: How Our Planet Is Changing
'The weather seems to be on steroids' by Greta Thunberg
Heat by Katharine Hayhoe
Methane and other gases by Zeke Hausfather
Air pollution and aerosols by Bjern H. Samset
Clouds by Paulo Ceppi
Arctic warming and the jet stream by Jennifer Francis
Dangerous weather by Friederike Otto
'The snowball has been set in motion' by Greta Thunberg
Droughts and floods by Kate Marvel
Ice sheets, shelves and glaciers by Ricarda Winkelmann
Warming oceans and rising seas by Stefan Rahmstorf
Acidification and marine ecosystems by Hans-Otto Portner
Microplastics Karin Kvale
Fresh water by Peter H. Gleick
'It is much closer to home than we think' by Greta Thunberg
Wildfires by Joelle Gergis
The Amazon by Carlos A. Nobre, Julia Arieira, and Nathalia Nascimento
Boreal and temperate forests by Beverly E. Law
Terrestrial biodiversity by Adriana De Palma and Andy Purvis
Insects by Dave Goulson
Nature's calendar by Keith W. Larson
Soil by Jennifer L. Soong
Permafrost by Orjan Gustafsson
What happens at 1.5, 2 and 4 degree C of warming? by Tamsin Edwards
Part Three: How It Affects Us
'The world has a fever' by Greta Thunberg
Health and climate Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Heat and illness by Ana M. Vicedo Cabrera
Air pollution by Drew Shindell
Vector-borne diseases by Felipe J. Colo-Gonzalez
Anti-biotic resistance by John Brownstein, Derek McFadden, Sarah McGough, and Mauricio Santillana
Food and Nutrition by Samuel S. Myers
'We are not in all in the same boat' by Greta Thunberg
Life at 1.1 degree C by Saleemul Huq
Environmental racism by Jacqueline Patterson by Greta Thunberg
Climate refugees by Abrahm Lustgarten
Sea-level rise and small islands by Michael Taylor
Rain in the Sahel by Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
Winter in Sapmi by Elin Anna Labba
Fighting for the forest by Sonia Guajajarar
'Enormous challenges are waiting' by Greta Thunberg
Warming and inequality by Solomon Hsiang
Water shortage by Taikan Oki
Climate conflicts by Marshall Burke
The true cost of climate change by Eugene Linden
Part Four: What Have We Done About It
'How can we undo our failures if we are unable to admit that we have failed?' by Greta Thunberg
The new denialism by Kevin Anderson
The truth about government climate targets by Alexandra Urisman Otto
'We are not moving in the right direction'by Greta Thunberg
The persistence of fossil fuels Bill McKibben
The rise of renewables by Glen Peters
How can forests help us? by Karl-Heinz Erb and Simone Gingrich
What about geoengineering? by Niclas Halstrom, Jennie C. Stephens, Isak Stoddard
Drawdown technologies by Rob Jackson
'A whole new way of thinking'by Greta Thunberg
Our imprint on the land by Alexander Popp
The calorie question by Michael Clark
Desining new food systems by Sonja Vermeulen
Mapping emission in an industrial world by Joh Barrett and Alice Garvey
The technical hitch by Ketan Joshi
Is the future electric? by Jillian Anable and Christian Brand
'They keep saying one thing while doing another' by Greta Thunberg
The cost of consumerism by Annie Lowrey
How not to buy by Mike Berners=Lee
Waste around the world by Silpa Kaza
The myth of recycling Nina Schrank
'This is where we draw the line' by Greta Thunberg
Emissions and growth by Nicholas Stern
Equity by Sunita Narain
Degrowth by Jason Hickel
The perception gap by Amitav Ghosh
Part Five: What We Must Do Now
'The most effective way to get out of this mess is to educate ourselves' by Greta Thunberg
Individual action, social transformation by Stuart Capstick and Lorriane Whitmarsh
Towards 1.5 degree C lifestyles by Kate Raworth
Overcoming climate apathy Per Espen Stoknes
Changing our diets by Gidon Eshel
Remembering the ocean by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Rewilding by Goerge Monbiot and Rebecca Wrigley
'We now have to do the seemingly impossible' by Greta Thunberg
Practical utopias by Margaret Atwood
People power Erica Chenoweth
Changing the media narrative by Goerge Monbiot
Resisting the new denialism by Michael E. Mann
A genuine emergency response by Seth Klein
Lessons from the pandemic by David Wallace-Wells
'Honesty, solidarity, integrity and climate justice' by Greta Thunberg
A just transition by Naomi Klein
What doe sequity mean to you by Nicky Becker, Disha A. Ravi, Hilda Flavia Nakabuye, Laura Veronica Munoz, Ina Maria
Shikongo, Ayisha Siddiqa, and Mitzi Jonelle Tan
Women and the climate clisis by Wanjira Mathai
Decarbonization requires redistribution by Lucas Chancel and Thomas Piketty
Climate reparations by Olufemi O. Taiwo
Mending our relationship with the earth by Robin Wall Kimmerer
'Hope is something you have to earn' by Greta Thunberg
What next?
The contributors have essembled thousands of references and citations for the chapters in The Climate Book. ...they can be found at
theclimatebook.org