There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years – Updated Edition
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Revised, 1/21/2021
EAN 9781108821575, ISBN10: 110882157X
Paperback, 336 pages, 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.9 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
Feeding the world, climate change, biodiversity, antibiotics, plastics, pandemics - the list of concerns seems endless. But what is most pressing, and what should we do first? Do we all need to become vegetarian? How can we fly in a low-carbon world? How can we take control of technology? And, given the global nature of the challenges we now face, what on Earth can any of us do, as individuals? Mike Berners-Lee has crunched the numbers and plotted a course of action that is full of hope, practical, and enjoyable. This is the big-picture perspective on the environmental and economic challenges of our day, laid out in one place, and traced through to the underlying roots - questions of how we live and think. This updated edition has new material on protests, pandemics, wildfires, investments, carbon targets and of course, on the key question: given all this, what can I do?
Acknowledgements
What is New in this Updated Edition? Notes on Units
Introduction
1. Food
2. More on Climate and Environment
3. Energy
4. Travel and Transport
5. Growth, Money and Metrics
6. People and Work
7. Business and Technology
8. Values, Truth and Trust
9. Thinking Skills for Today's World
10. Protest
11. Big-Picture Summary
12. What Can I Do? Summary
Appendix
Climate Emergency Basics
Alphabetical Quick Tour
Notes on Units
Endnotes
Index.