Climate Books

A thoughtfully curated collection of climate science, solutions, and policy publications. Discover perspectives that inform, inspire, and challenge our understanding of a changing world.

The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions

Greta Thunberg (Ed.)anthology2022

An edited collection of short essays from more than one hundred scientists, writers and campaigners covering the state of the climate and the responses available. It ranges across physical science, impacts, economics and the political and social changes required.

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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need

Bill Gatesnonfiction2021

Gates sets out a framework for reaching net-zero emissions across electricity, manufacturing, agriculture, transport and buildings. He emphasises the role of technology innovation and the concept of the 'green premium' in prioritising investment.

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Electrify: An Optimist's Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future

Saul Griffithnonfiction2021

Griffith argues that decarbonisation depends on electrifying transport, heating and industry while cleaning the power supply. He grounds the case in detailed energy-flow analysis of how households and economies actually use energy.

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Speed & Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now

John Doerr & Ryan Panchadsaramnonfiction2021

The book applies an objectives-and-key-results method to climate action, setting measurable targets for cutting emissions across transport, energy, food, industry and nature. It pairs each target with policy, finance and behaviour levers.

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No Miracles Needed: How Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air

Mark Z. Jacobsonnonfiction2023

Jacobson contends that wind, water and solar technologies already available can meet global energy demand without new inventions. He addresses storage, transmission and the transition pathway for major economies.

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Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet

George Monbiotnonfiction2022

Monbiot examines the environmental costs of the global food system and explores alternatives such as perennial grains, soil ecology and precision fermentation. He argues for reducing farming's land footprint to free space for ecological recovery.

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Five Times Faster: Rethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change

Simon Sharpenonfiction2023

Drawing on a decade in climate policy and diplomacy, Sharpe argues that the science, economics and negotiation of climate change are each mishandled in ways that slow progress. He proposes risk-focused science, tipping-point economics and sector-by-sector diplomacy to accelerate change.

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The Citizen's Guide to Climate Success: Overcoming Myths That Hinder Progress

Mark Jaccardnonfiction2020

Jaccard identifies which policies matter most for decarbonisation and challenges common assumptions that misdirect public effort. He prioritises regulations that phase out coal power and combustion vehicles over symbolic individual action.

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The Big Fix: Seven Practical Steps to Save Our Planet

Hal Harvey & Justin Gillisnonfiction2022

The authors set out seven priority areas, from electricity and transport to buildings and industry, where policy and civic pressure can drive rapid emissions cuts. It frames climate action as a matter of engaged citizenship as much as technology.

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The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet

Michael E. Mannnonfiction2021

Mann documents how fossil fuel interests have shifted from outright denial to tactics of delay, deflection and division. He argues for systemic policy responses over strategies that place responsibility mainly on individuals.

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Climate Capitalism: Winning the Race to Zero Emissions and Solving the Crisis of Our Age

Akshat Rathinonfiction2024

Rathi reports from five continents on how businesses, policymakers and investors are scaling low-carbon technologies within market systems. He examines what has made decarbonisation profitable in some sectors and what still holds it back.

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The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis

Christiana Figueres & Tom Rivett-Carnacnonfiction2020

Written by two architects of the Paris Agreement, the book contrasts two possible futures and outlines the choices needed to hold warming in check. It combines mindsets for resilience with concrete individual and collective actions.

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A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis

Vanessa Nakatenonfiction2021

The Ugandan activist recounts her path into climate campaigning and argues that African communities face severe impacts while being marginalised in global debate. She makes the case for equity and representation in climate decision-making.

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Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World

Gaia Vincenonfiction2022

Vince examines how rising temperatures will drive large-scale human migration and what planned, cooperative responses could look like. She considers the implications for cities, borders, labour and governance as populations move.

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Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future

Elizabeth Kolbertnonfiction2021

Kolbert surveys the technological interventions humans are using to counter environmental damage, from engineered rivers to gene editing and solar geoengineering. She probes the risks and dilemmas of managing a nature already reshaped by people.

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Angry Weather: Heat Waves, Floods, Storms, and the New Science of Climate Change

Friederike Ottononfiction2020

Otto explains attribution science, the field that quantifies how much climate change contributed to specific extreme weather events. She discusses its implications for adaptation planning, liability and public understanding of risk.

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The Ministry for the Future

Kim Stanley Robinsonfiction2020

A near-future novel that imagines the global institutions, policies and financial tools that might steer the world through the climate crisis. It moves between geoengineering, central banking, activism and diplomacy to depict a plausible transition.

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Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet

Hannah Ritchienonfiction2024

Ritchie uses long-run data to assess progress and setbacks across climate, air pollution, food, biodiversity and other environmental pressures. She argues that measurable solutions exist and identifies where effort delivers the greatest returns.

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What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures

Ayana Elizabeth Johnsonnonfiction2024

Through essays, interviews and data, Johnson assembles a picture of what a successful climate transition could look like across energy, food, culture and community. It centres practical possibility and the people already building solutions.

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