How to fix a broken planet : advice for surviving the 21st century / Julian Cribb, Council for the Human Future.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cribb, Julian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature--Effect of human beings on.

Nature.

Twenty-first century--Forecasts.

Twenty-first century.

Global environmental change--Forecasting.

Global environmental change.

Human ecology--Forecasting.

Human ecology.

Economic forecasting.

Social prediction.

Environmental ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 203 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Do you want to help save human civilisation? If so, this book is for you. How to Fix a Broken Planet describes the ten catastrophic risks that menace human civilisation and our planet, and what we can all do to overcome or mitigate them. It explains what must be done globally to avert each megathreat, and what each of us can do in our own lives to help preserve a habitable world. It offers the first truly integrated world plan-of-action for a more sustainable human society - and fresh hope. A must-read for anyone seeking sound practical advice on what citizens, governments, companies, and community groups can do to safeguard our future.

Contents:

Existential Emergency

Extinction or survival

Resources for Living

Nuclear awakening

Cooling Earth

Clean Up the Planet

Preventing pandemics

Renewable Food

One child fewer

Healing technological mayhem

Ending the Age of Deceit

Who are we, really?

An Earth Standard Currency

Tools for repairing the Earth

Think like a human, act like a species.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Jan 2023).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781009333436 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.