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3.98 AVERAGE
While it's necessary to really take a look at the consequences of climate change on all facets of our lives, I don't really see the value in speculating and exaggerating the potential consequences. There's no doubt that climate change is real and is an immediate threat to the planet as we know it, but at the same time, I struggled with this book because the author essentially put asterisks on every claim he made by constantly reiterating that these are the possible outcomes from climate change within the next century. One section that had me scratching my head was the Climate Conflict section, where Wallace-Wells discusses the potential increase in war, but more locally, murders and road rage by 2100 as a result of higher temperatures, based on obscure studies from centuries ago. Not sure what editing needed to be done there, but claims like those seem unfounded. Nevertheless, I still think this book provides an interesting outlook on all the ways the climate crisis affects every single living being on the planet, and it is definitely worth the read in the end.
This should be required reading for anyone expecting to be alive in the next 30-80 years.
informative
sad
slow-paced
I was hoping this book would have more vivid descriptions about what the world would look like with each degree of warming. It was heavily filled with numbers which got repetitive after a while and killed the momentum this book started out with. Each chapter would cover a specific topic and then you'd get a series of lists, "At 1 degree of warming, X will happen. At 2 degrees of warming, Y will happen. At 3 degrees, Z will happen." It was informative and interesting, but I think there are more entertaining books out there about climate change. I know this author wrote a rather lengthy article which the books expands upon. Unless you are super into statistics, I think the article would be a better bet.
informative
sad
slow-paced
This book surprised me. Throughout part 1, which details practically every single way possible by which the Earth is currently dying, I wondered if there much point in reading all this. For anyone who is relatively up to date in their knowledge of the climate crisis, this might feel like its just beating you over the head with info, as it really does include soooo many stats. But as I reached part 2 I found it to be way more interesting, as it deals with how we're responding (or most of the time not) to the current and projected issues. And why we (governments mostly) might not be economically and socially incentivised to. By the end I found the chapter on doomsday and climate apathy to be rather entertaining, seems to be the headspace I'm currently in with the whole subject :/
...this book is a real eye-opener.
I read 76% of this; the only section i was interested in reading were the effects of climate change that were layed out in the first 131 pages. After that I tried continuing but the rest of the book talking about capitalism and sillicone valley really bored me. I made it to 174 pages/228
I read 76% of this; the only section i was interested in reading were the effects of climate change that were layed out in the first 131 pages. After that I tried continuing but the rest of the book talking about capitalism and sillicone valley really bored me. I made it to 174 pages/228
If there is one book everybody on the planet should read, it's this one! A great wake up call for those who may still be asleep to the threat of global warming.
dark
informative
reflective
sad
Such an enlightening book on what is happening with climate change, its cascades, feedback systems, impacts, future threats - so many more than i could have imagined... how soon we are expecting them, why we think about climate change the way we do. Very digestible with day to day language, kinda of a horror story when you start envisioning it! :0
Whew! This is depressing as hell. It’s also incredibly important. Highly recommend.