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The future we choose : the stubborn optimist's guide to the climate crisis / Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextEdition: First Vintage Books editionDescription: xxv, 210 pages : illustration, map ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0593080939
  • 9780593080931
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 363.73874 23
LOC classification:
  • QC903 .F54 2021
Contents:
Choosing our future -- The world we are creating -- The world we must create -- Who we choose to be -- Stubborn optimism -- Endless abundance -- Radical regeneration -- Doing what is necessary -- Conclusion : a new story.
Summary: "In The Future We Choose, Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac?who led negotiations for the United Nations during the historic Paris Agreement of 2015?have written a cautionary but optimistic book about the world?s changing climate and the fate of humanity. The authors outline two possible scenarios for our planet. In one, they describe what life on Earth will be like by 2050 if we fail to meet the Paris Agreement?s climate targets. In the other, they lay out what it will be like to live in a regenerative world that has net-zero emissions. They argue for confronting the climate crisis head-on, with determination and optimism. The Future We Choose presents our options and tells us what governments, corporations, and each of us can, and must, do to fend off disaster."--Google Books viewed Aug. 16, 2021.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-210).

Choosing our future -- The world we are creating -- The world we must create -- Who we choose to be -- Stubborn optimism -- Endless abundance -- Radical regeneration -- Doing what is necessary -- Conclusion : a new story.

"In The Future We Choose, Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac?who led negotiations for the United Nations during the historic Paris Agreement of 2015?have written a cautionary but optimistic book about the world?s changing climate and the fate of humanity. The authors outline two possible scenarios for our planet. In one, they describe what life on Earth will be like by 2050 if we fail to meet the Paris Agreement?s climate targets. In the other, they lay out what it will be like to live in a regenerative world that has net-zero emissions. They argue for confronting the climate crisis head-on, with determination and optimism. The Future We Choose presents our options and tells us what governments, corporations, and each of us can, and must, do to fend off disaster."--Google Books viewed Aug. 16, 2021.

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