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