- Published: 26 November 2024
- ISBN: 9781529931242
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 352
- RRP: $24.99
Not the End of the World
How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
- Published: 26 November 2024
- ISBN: 9781529931242
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 352
- RRP: $24.99
An unmissable myth-busting book to save our planet – read it
TIM SPECTOR
It shines with practicality and positivity . . . Let's get it into the hands of as many policy makers, politicians and fellow citizens as possible
RUTGER BREGMAN
An inspiring data-mine which gives us not only real guidance, but the most necessary ingredient of all: hope
MARGARET ATWOOD, TED2023
Such a clear-eyed view of the state we're in
TIM HARFORD, author of How to Make the World Add Up
A refreshing perspective on the problems that the world faces, providing plenty of optimism while not sugar-coating the deep structural challenges at the root of it all
HELEN CZERSKI, author of Blue Machine
Data is a superpower. Let Hannah Ritchie show you the world as it really is. Then go out and change it for the better
MARK LYNAS, author of Six Degrees
Some deny there are environmental problems, others deny that we can solve them. Hannah Ritchie reveals that they are both wrong
JOHAN NORBERG, author of In Defense of Global Capitalism and Progress
A refreshingly upbeat guide to achieving sustainability
GAIA VINCE, author of Nomad Century
The surprising message in the data is that human civilization is far along toward solving planetary problems
STEWART BRAND, founder of Whole Earth Catalog and author of Whole Earth Discipline
I love Hannah Ritchie... I love this book. I emerged from it feeling hopeful, which is a high-priced commodity these days
JOHN GREEN
Full of pragmatic, hopeful solutions . . . We urgently need her and people like her – optimists who’ll say: you know what, we can turn this around; look at these numbers, look at these solutions
Bibi van der Zee, Guardian
This is a book for anyone who finds it difficult to believe in a better future. It’s the most uplifting book I’ve read all year
Ben Cooke, The Times
Full of "radical hope" digging behind the doomsday predictions to find out ways we can and will make the world a better place
Stylist
There is real peril in our widespread failure to understand just how much human lives have been improved through societal efforts . . . As Ritchie demonstrates, a better future for both people and planet is possible and even achievable
Earl C Ellis, Science
Is there any room for hope amid the doomladen headlines about the environment? Emphatically yes, argues data scientist Ritchie
Guardian
The perfect book to start your new year reading on a hopeful footing
The Earthbound Report
It is rare to find a book covering climate change with such an optimistic message . . . An admirable feat . . . a highly readable guide to fixing the planet
Madeleine Cuff, New Scientist
Ritchie dismantles many of the worst predictions of ecological doomism, lays out clearly what is already happening, and what tools we have available to us to halt the worst environmental destruction
Emma Gatten, Telegraph
Invigorating, inspiring, often surprising
DAVID WALLACE-WELLS
That all is not lost and that there is hope is the main message to take away from this well-argued, well-evidenced book
Nick Renninson, Daily Mail
Ritchie makes it clear that progress is already happening... Now, we must keep that momentum going
Megan Kenyon, New Statesman
Ritchie has learned well from Rosling and [her book is] among the most accessible I have read. She faces down the doom-mongers by assessing the evidence on seven distinct but overlapping crises
Colin Murphy, Irish Independent
An antidote to the hyper-pessimism that pervades climate discourse
Martha Muir, Financial Times
Useful, timely and inspiring
Literary Review
A magnificent, data-rich report on the climate crisis and its economic impact in 2024. It has a place in every conversation about environmentalism and how people, companies and countries should plan for the future
Kirsten Levermore, Dialogue
A refreshing antidote to the onslaught of negative climate news
Alex Martin, Actuary
This book will transform how you see our biggest environmental issues and how we can solve them
IEMA
Inspiring and conversation-starting in equal measure
Emma Hughes, Waitrose Weekend
A book everyone should read if they think it is all doom and gloom
Bird Watching