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The Future We Choose: A Stubborn Optimist’s Guide to the Climate Crisis Hardcover – 25 February 2020

by Christiana Figueres (Author), Tom Rivett-Carnac (Author)

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Everyone should read this book' MATT HAIG 'One of the most inspiring books I have ever read' YUVAL NOAH HARARI, bestselling author of SAPIENS'Figueres and Rivett-Carnac dare to tell us how our response can create a better, fairer world' NAOMI KLEIN'Inspirational, compassionate and clear. The time to read this is NOW' MARK RUFFALO*****We can survive the climate crisis. This book shows us how.We have two choices for our future, which is still unwritten. It will be shaped by who we choose to be right now. So, how can we change the story of the world?The Future We Choose is a passionate call to arms from former UN Executive Secretary for Climate Change, Christiana Figueres, and Tom Rivett-Carnac, senior political strategist for the Paris Agreement. We are still able to stave off the worst and manage the long-term effects of climate change, but we have to act now. We know what we need to do, and we have everything we need to do it.Practical, optimistic and empowering, The Future We Choose is a book for every generation, for all of us who feel powerless in the face of the climate crisis.This is the final hour: it can be our finest.But we must act now. show less

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Language : English
Hardcover : 240 pages
ISBN-10 : 1838770828
ISBN-13 : 978-1838770822

Best Sellers Rank: 30,118 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- 866 in Government & Politics

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GaryP

This gets us nowhere

29 February 2020 - Published on Amazon.com

The endorsements shown here demonstrate who Christiana's friends are. Because she is such an important woman in the climate movement, deservedly I might add, no one wants to say the truth. This is not a good book. The authors contradict themselves. For example, they write about the "destructive effects of grazing." And then extol
"sustainable grazing" and the benefits of "free-roaming livestock". With all respect, they don't seem to know what they're talking about or where they stand. There is no mention of agriculture except in the negative. They never mention how soil can sequester carbon. There is a very questionable assertion about what forests can do provide based on a widely discredited study. Forest are crucial, no question, but not a panacea as described here. It seems the book was done with haste. It's as if both authors had a full-time job and fit the book into their busy schedule. It contains more bromides that any one person should have to swallow. There are Ten "Actions". Like Defend the Truth. Yes, well, sure. Use Technology Responsibly. Move Beyond Fossil Fuels. After you have read the book you have no idea what to do. But wait, there is an Appendix: What You Can Do Now. That section can be summed up in one sentence: Think about what you can do now. This should have been a determining book from on high. Christian has that bully pulpit. Rather, it is something thrown together, littered with clichés and proverbial advice.

52 people found this helpful

Dazaria

Informative and inspiring

27 February 2020 - Published on Amazon.com

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This book provides a powerful, persuasive vision of a world we can all help to create. I read it in a single sitting, and 24 hours later I'm thinking about specific things I can do to implement the ideas it proposes. I plan to buy multiple copies to give out to my family and friends. It's especially good for those who want to take action but are at a loss to know what to do, as well as for those who are still questioning the need for action. Thank you, Christiana and Tom, for showing us a better way.

20 people found this helpful

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Terrific, life-changing book

29 April 2020 - Published on Amazon.com

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If you care at all about the future of humanity and the rest of life on earth, READ THIS BOOK! And then give your copy to your local library or school so that others can read it. It is truly life-changing - and in a positive way, which is an impressive achievement on the part of the authors. Because let's face it, the news about climate change is not that good. While I see what the upvoted negative review was getting at, with respect to the lack of scientific detail about issues such as exactly what to eat to reduce your carbon footprint, I think the reviewer misunderstood what the book is trying to do. This book is not a review of the scientific evidence with resulting recommendations for best practice. There are plenty of other sources that do that already. For example, the site Our World in Data has an excellent section on the carbon footprints of various foods, as well as on carbon emissions generally. Rather, the purpose of Figueres' and Rivett-Carnac's book is to effect change in people's minds - to change how people think, how they see the world and their role in it. And they do a spectacular job of this. Again, in a positive way - which is so much more powerful than the doom and gloom message that often accompanies the writings of professionals in environmental fields (and I can say that because I am one; I teach environmental science at a major university). Bottom line: I have bought dozens of books from Amazon over the years and have never taken the time to write a review until now, because no book has struck me as being as important as this one.

9 people found this helpful

Olivier Alvarez

Not as good as advertised

2 May 2020 - Published on Amazon.com

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Undoubtedly, the authors are authorities in their field and have accomplished much in their lives. However, this book is not as good as you see or hear in its promotion.
There’s basically nothing new in it, and after only a couple of chapters is obvious that you are facing a mixture of anecdotes and compilation from other sources.
The proposed actions, even if they are totally adequate, are no different than what you can find in any 500 word article in most newspapers these days.
The upside is the lengthy list of references and recommended books, because it gives you hope of finding something better.

9 people found this helpful

Dawn M. Gaetke

Just the right balance of sobering facts and reasons for hope

27 February 2020 - Published on Amazon.com

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I have been studying sustainable management for over two years. The authors have helped me articulate in just a few hours what months of studying could not. I will be returning here often for persuasive quotes.

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