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This book will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems – and shows how together we can solve them.

** THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER **

‘Truly essential’ MARGARET ATWOOD
‘Inspiring’ DAVID WALLACE-WELLS
‘Shines with positivity’ RUTGER BREGMAN
‘Unmissable’ TIM SPECTOR

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We are bombarded by doomsday headlines that tell us the soil won’t be able to support crops, fish will vanish from our oceans, that we should reconsider having children.

But in this bold, radically hopeful book, data scientist Hannah Ritchie argues that if we zoom out, a very different picture emerges. The data shows we’ve made so much progress on these problems, and so fast, that we could be on track to achieve true sustainability for the first time in history.

Packed with the latest research, practical guidance and enlightening graphics, this book will make you rethink almost everything you’ve been told about the environment, from the virtues of eating locally and living in the countryside, to the evils of overpopulation, plastic straws and palm oil. It will give you the tools to understand what works, what doesn’t and what we urgently need to focus on so we can leave a sustainable planet for future generations.

These problems are big. But they are solvable. We are not doomed. We can build a better future for everyone. Let’s turn that opportunity into reality.

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‘A book for anyone who finds it difficult to believe in a better future’ THE TIMES

‘I hope people around the world read this book, understand our planet isn’t a lost cause, and get inspired to help fix it’ Bill Gates

A STYLIST BEST NON-FICTION 2024 * A GUARDIAN BIGGEST FICTION AND NON-FICTION FOR 2024 * A WATERSTONES ‘BOOK YOU NEED TO READ IN 2024’

From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage; 1st edition (29 Aug. 2024)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 152993124X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1529931242
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 2.2 x 19.8 cm

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The challenges we face are enormous. But we can still secure a positive future for our planet, and for everyone on it.

In What We Owe The Future, philosopher William MacAskill persuasively argues for longtermism, the idea that positively influencing the distant future is a moral priority of our time. It isn’t enough to mitigate climate change or avert the next pandemic. We can ensure that civilization would rebound if it collapsed; cultivate value pluralism; and prepare for a planet where the most sophisticated beings are digital and not human.

‘Unapologetically optimistic and bracingly realistic, this is the most inspiring book on ‘ethical living’ I’ve ever read.’ Oliver Burkeman, Guardian

‘A monumental event.’ Rutger Bregman, author of Humankind

‘A book of great daring, clarity, insight and imagination. To be simultaneously so realistic and so optimistic, and always so damn readable… well that is a miracle for which he should be greatly applauded.’ Stephen Fry

From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oneworld Publications; 1st edition (1 Sept. 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0861542509
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0861542505
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.3 x 3 x 23.4 cm