Not the End of the World
How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet (THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER)
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Publisher Description
** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **
‘A book for anyone who finds it difficult to believe in a better future’ THE TIMES
Feeling 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 them.
A STYLIST BEST NON-FICTION 2024 * A GUARDIAN BIGGEST FICTION AND NON-FICTION FOR 2024 * A WATERSTONES ‘BOOK YOU NEED TO READ IN 2024’ * A GUARDIAN ‘FIVE GREAT READS’
We 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.
'Practical and truly essential' MARGARET ATWOOD * 'Does for the environment what Hans Rosling did for health' BILL GATES * 'Invigorating, inspiring, often surprising' DAVID WALLACE-WELLS * ‘I find it hard to express how much I love this book’ RUTGER BREGMAN * 'An unmissable myth-busting book to save our planet – read it' TIM SPECTOR
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
In 2024, you’d be forgiven for sometimes burying your head in the sand about climate change. But here Hannah Ritchie, a data scientist and senior researcher at Oxford University, has written a book on the subject that not only steers clear of doom and despair, but might actually leave you feeling quite hopeful. Far from being a climate change denier, Ritchie once counted herself among the growing number of people who fear it’s too late for humanity to turn the tide on the devastating damage we have inflicted on planet Earth. In Not the End of the World, she tells of how she went from fearing the worst to being more committed to helping to save the planet than ever. Covering everything from ocean plastics to maternal health, Ritchie says her goal is to make readers see that doomerism does more harm than good and that there is plenty the average person can do to make sure the planet our children inherit is healthier than the one we were born into. Inspiring, reassuring, informative, and a must-read for anyone who has a tendency to look the other way.
