Race for Tomorrow

Name: Race for Tomorrow
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Simon Mundy
ISBN: 9780008394325

Author: Simon Mundy

Narrator: Simon Mundy

Unabridged: 10 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: William Collins

Published: 10/28/2021

Categories: Nonfiction, Nature, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Science, Global Warming & Climate Change, Business & Economics, Technology & Engineering, Environmental, Biography & Autobiography, Science & Technology

Synopsis

As featured on CNN’s and BBC Radio 4’s with Andrew Marr One of the ’ best books of 2021 In this compelling journey through twenty-six countries, Simon Mundy traces how the struggle to respond to the climate crisis is rapidly reshaping the modern world – shattering communities, shaking global business and propelling waves of cutting-edge innovation. Telling unforgettable human stories, meeting scientists and business tycoons, activists and political leaders, this is an account of disaster and survival, of frantic adaptation and groundbreaking innovation, of hope, and of the forces that will define our future. More praise ‘Urgent reading … A truly global journey’ ‘Vivid and informed’ ‘I took a great sense of hope’ ‘Reads like a thriller’ ‘An inspiring piece of work’ ‘Utterly unlike any book yet written in this field’ ‘Gripping … A must-read for every concerned global citizen’

About Simon Mundy

Simon Mundy covers environmental and sustainability issues for the . He began his reporting career in Johannesburg, where he covered Southern Africa for the before a period writing on the London financial sector. He then spent seven years in Asia, heading the bureaux in Seoul and Mumbai – before two years travelling across six continents to research , his first book. He was born in the UK.

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‘Contains a lot of really, really interesting hard science and market-based solutions, [and] some extraordinary examples of technology … Very useful indeed’

It’s a brilliant book! An optimistic, unpatronising account of what humankind CAN do to address climate change’

‘He takes it down from this 30,000-foot view to people on the ground … I took a great sense of hope’

‘An inspiring piece of work that deserves a broad audience … Read this book both to understand the urgency of climate action, and to recognise, too, the agency we still have’

‘[Puts] a human face on the most important story of our times. This book is eloquent and humane – a vital work of storytelling’

‘Simon Mundy’s vivid and informed despatches from the front line of climate change reveal not only the catastrophes imposed by global warming (which are hidden from most of us) but the best and brightest of responses to them … Don’t wait. Read it now before the race is lost’

‘Mundy’s book reads like a thriller’

‘Utterly unlike any book yet written in this field. Packed with vivid human stories, from the most desperately challenged communities to the highest levels of global business and politics, it’s an essential guide to how the climate crisis is transforming the modern world’

‘A gripping story of individuals, communities and societies who are grappling with the myriad challenges of climate change. A must read for every concerned global citizen’

‘A pacy, riveting global tour of our fracturing planet; completely fascinating’