The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis
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Average rating3.5
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Ratings10
Average rating3.5
In this cautionary but optimistic book, Figueres and Rivett-Carnac--the architects of the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement--tackle arguably the most urgent and consequential challenge humankind has ever faced: the world's changing climate and the fate of humanity. In The Future We Choose, the authors outline two possible scenarios for the planet. In one, they describe what life on Earth will be like by 2050 if we fail to meet the Paris targets for carbon dioxide emission reduction. In the other, they describe what it will take to create and live in a carbon neutral, regenerative world. They argue for confronting the climate crisis head on, with determination and optimism. How we all of us address the climate crisis in the next thirty years will determine not only the world we will live in but also the world we will bequeath to our children and theirs. The Future We Choose presents our options and tells us, in no uncertain terms, what governments, corporations, and each of us can and must do to fend off disaster.
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It's an inspiring and optimistic take on climate change, but to be honest I don't feel that I learned anything new from this book. There were some interesting scientific tidbits in this book, but it was definitely more of a motivational “yes we can tackle climate change!” kind of book. Nothing bad about that, but I think I would've liked more substance. It was a nice and easy read though (unlike some other climate books that are very dense and difficult to read).
It's an inspiring and optimistic take on climate change, but to be honest I don't feel that I learned anything new from this book. There were some interesting scientific tidbits in this book, but it was definitely more of a motivational “yes we can tackle climate change!” kind of book. Nothing bad about that, but I think I would've liked more substance. It was a nice and easy read though (unlike some other climate books that are very dense and difficult to read).
Everyone must read this book. Climate change is a crisis – our planet will go on existing but humanity will not – at least other than a few tribes who eek out an existence on the few places on our planet that can support human life. The authors paint a realistic picture of what life will be like if we continue as is, and what it will be like if we take action now. And, because the topic is overwhelming, global, and caused by so many things, we often throw up our hands and give up because we think, what can one person do? This book both motivates you to take action and gives you concrete steps you can take. It only takes a small percentage of our population to take action – even if it's to plant trees – that can change the course of humanity. We are in a transformational time, we are in an emergency situation. Act like it. Do something. Start by reading this book.
