The Climate Book

The Climate Book is a collective non-fiction book by the climate activist Greta Thunberg.^[13][1] The original English edition was published in October 2022.^[1] Translations are published in languages including German,^[2] Spanish,^[3] Portuguese,^[4] Italian,^[5] French,^[6][7] Dutch,^[8] Swedish,^[9] Danish,^[10] Norwegian,^[11] and Polish.^[12]

The Climate Book

Warming stripes, used as the cover design for The Climate Book
Author	Greta Thunberg
Cover artist	Ed Hawkins
Language	English,[1] German,[2] Spanish,[3] Portuguese,[4] Italian,[5] French,[6][7] Dutch,[8] Swedish,[9] Danish,[10] Norwegian,[11] Polish[12]
Genre	Non-fiction
Publisher	Penguin Random House
Publication date	2022-10-27,[2] 2022-10-28[1]
Media type	Print, hardback
Pages	2+18+446+2
ISBN	978-0-241-54747-2
Website	theclimatebook.org

The book consists of a collection of short essays by more than a hundred experts.^[14] It analyses the causes, consequences and challenges of the climate crisis.^[15] The cover features a warming stripes data visualization graphic of a type developed by British climatologist Ed Hawkins.^[16]

Parts and authors

The Climate Book is organised in five parts:^[1]

• Part 1: How climate works
  • Contributors: Peter Brannen, Beth Shapiro, Elizabeth Kolbert, Michael Oppenheimer, Naomi Oreskes and Johan Rockström.
• Part 2: How our planet is changing
  • Contributors: Katharine Hayhoe, Zeke Hausfather, Bjørn Samset, Paulo Ceppi, Jennifer Francis, Friederike Otto, Kate Marvel, Ricarda Winkelmann, Stefan Rahmstorf, Hans-Otto Pörtner, Karin Kvale, Peter Gleick, Joëlle Gergis, Carlos Nobre, Julia Arieira, Nathália Nascimento, Beverly Law, Andy Purvis, Adriana De Palma, Dave Goulson, Keith Larson, Jennifer Soong, Örjan Gustafsson and Tamsin Edwards
• Part 3: How it affects us
  • Contributors: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Ana Vicedo-Cabrera, Drew Shindell, Felipe Colón-Gonzalez, John Browstein, Derek MacFadden, Sarah McGough, Mauricio Santilla, Samuel Myers, Saleemul Huq, Jacqueline Patterson, Abraham Lustgarten, Michael Taylor, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Elin Anna Labba, Sônia Guajajara, Solomon Hsiang, Taikan Oki, Marshall Burke and Eugene Linden
• Part 4: What we've done about it
  • Contributors: Kevin Anderson, Alexandra Urisman Otto, Bill McKibben, Glen Peters, Karl-Heinz Erb, Simone Gingrich, Niclas Hällström, Jennie Stephens, Isak Stoddard, Rob Jackson, Alexander Popp, Michael Clark, Sonja Vermeulen, John Barett, Alice Garvey, Ketan Joshi, Alice Larkin, Jilian Anable, Christian Brand, Annie Lowry, Mike Berners-Lee, Silpa Kaza, Nina Schrank, Nicholas Stern, Sunita Narain, Jason Hickel and Amitav Ghosh
• Part 5: What we must do now
  • Contributors: Stuart Capstick, Lorraine Whitmarsh, Kate Raworth, Per Espen Stoknes, Gison Eshel, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, George Monbiot, Rebecca Wrigley, Margaret Atwood, Erica Chenoweth, Michael Mann, Seth Klein, David Wallace-Wells, Naomi Klein, Nicole Becker, Disha Ravi, Hilda Flavia Nakabuye, Laura Verónica Muñoz, Ina Maria Shikongo, Ayisha Siddiqa, Mitzi Jonelle Tan, Wanjira Mathai, Lucas Chancel, Thomas Piketty, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò and Robin Wall Kimmerer

Reception

A Publishers Weekly reviewed praised the book's passion and "lucid and accessible" explanations of global warming, and concluded that the book is "comprehensive and articulate".^[17] Gaia Vince from The Guardian commented that Thunberg wrote with directness, which she evaluated as "both refreshing to read and tiring". Vince also complimented numerous other writers, but criticised the lack of coverage on technologies that could potentially be solutions, including geo-engineering and nuclear power, concluding that the book is superb in explaining the importance of preventing climate change but has "little pragmatism over what to do about now-certain changes".^[13] A review from The Daily Telegraph awarded the book four out of five stars, praising the book's "stunningly handsome" design and calling it a "superb vademecum", but critiqued the book's thinking as "anti-capitalistic" and "anti-technology".^[18]

See also

• Climate change
• Climate change mitigation
• Climate justice
• Greenwashing
• Tipping points in the climate system
• 2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years (A follow-up to The Limits to Growth report to the Club of Rome)
• Vom Ende der Klimakrise – Eine Geschichte unserer Zukunft [de] (English: "About the end of the clima crises - a tale of our future")

References

1. Thunberg, Greta; Brannen, Peter [at Wikidata]; Shapiro, Beth; Kolbert, Elizabeth; Oppenheimer, Michael; Oreskes, Naomi; Rockström, Johan; Hayhoe, Katharine; Hausfather, Zeke; Samset, Bjørn H. [in Norwegian]; Ceppi, Paulo; Francis, Jennifer; Otto, Friederike; Marvel, Kate; Winkelmann, Ricarda; Rahmstorf, Stefan; Pörtner, Hans-Otto [in German]; Kvale, Karin; Gleick, Peter H.; Gergis, Joëlle; Nobre, Carlos; Arieira, Julia; Nascimento, Nathália; Law, Beverly; Purvis, Andy [at Wikidata]; De Palma, Adriana; Goulson, Dave; Larson, Keith W.; Soong, Jennifer L.; Gustafsson, Örjan [in Swedish]; Edwards, Tamsin; Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Tedros; Vicedo-Cabrera, Ana M.; Shindell, Drew; Colón-González, Felipe J. [at Wikidata]; Brownstein, John; MacFadden, Derek; McGough, Sarah; Santillana, Mauricio [at Wikidata]; Myers, Samuel S.; Huq, Saleemul; Patterson, Jacqueline [at Wikidata]; Lustgarten, Abrahm; Taylor, Michael; Oumarou Ibrahim, Hindou; Labba, Elin Anna; Guajajara, Sonia; Hsiang, Solomon; Oki, Taikan [in Japanese]; Burke, Marshall; Linden, Eugene; Anderson, Kevin; Otto, Alexandra Urisman [in Swedish]; McKibben, Bill; Peters, Glen [in German]; Erb, Karl-Heinz [at Wikidata]; Gingrich, Simone; Hällström, Niclas; Stephens, Jennie C.; Stoddard, Isak; Jackson, Rob [at Wikidata]; Popp, Alexander; Clark, Michael; Vermeulen, Sonja; Barrett, John; Garvey, Alice; Joshi, Ketan [at Wikidata]; Larkin, Alice; Anable, Jillian; Brand, Christian; Lowrey, Annie; Berners-Lee, Mike; Kaza, Silpa; Schrank, Nina; Stern, Nicholas; Narain, Sunita; Hickel, Jason; Ghosh, Amitav; Capstick, Stuart; Whitmarsh, Lorraine; Raworth, Kate; Stoknes, Per Espen; Eshel, Gidon; Elizabeth Johnson, Ayana; Monbiot, George; Wrigley, Rebecca; Atwood, Margaret; Chenoweth, Erica; Mann, Michael E.; Klein, Seth [at Wikidata]; Wallace-Wells, David; Klein, Naomi; Becker, Nicki; Ravi, Disha Annappa; Nakabuye, Hilda Flavia; Muñoz, Laura Verónica; Shikongo, Ina Maria; Siddiqa, Ayisha; Tan, Mitzi Jonelle; Mathai, Wanjira; Chancel, Lucas; Piketty, Thomas; Táíwò, Olúfẹ́mi O.; Kimmerer, Robin Wall; Hawkins, Ed (2022-10-28). Thunberg, Greta (ed.). The Climate Book (1 ed.). London, UK: allen lane / Penguin Books / Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-241-54747-2. OCLC 1338161907. (2+18+446+2 pages) (NB. For space reasons references are not included in the printed book, but can be found online at: https://theclimatebook.org.)
2. Thunberg, Greta, ed. (2022-10-27). Das Klima-Buch [The climate book] (in German). Translated by Bischoff, Michael [in German]; Bischoff, Ulrike (1 ed.). Frankfurt am Main, Germany: S. Fischer Verlag GmbH. ISBN 978-3-10-397189-7. OCLC 1349738738. DNB-IDN 1254651667. (2+20+489+3+2 pages) TOChttps://web.archive.org/web/20221114222146/https://bilder-fischer.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2022-10/Klimabuch_Quellenangaben_final.pdf References (114 pages)
3. Thunberg, Greta, ed. (2022-11-03). El libro del clima [The climate book] (in Spanish). Translated by Ros i Aragonès, Joandomènec [in Catalan]; Reyes Quesada, Majel; Pedrosa Martín, Francesc (1 ed.). Barcelona, Spain: Editorial Lumen S.A. [es] / Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial. ISBN 978-84-264-2334-4. OCLC 1350433530. (c. 464 pages)
4. Thunberg, Greta, ed. (2022-11-01). O Livro do Clima [The climate book] (in Portuguese) (1 ed.). Lisboa, Portugal: Objectiva / Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial. ISBN 978-9-897-84622-9. (c. 472? pages) TOC
5. Thunberg, Greta, ed. (2022-11-01). The Climate Book (in Italian). Translated by Parizzi, Massimo; Rizzo, Chiara (1 ed.). Italy: Strade blu / Mondadori. ISBN 978-8-8047-6465-6. (c. 464 pages)
6. Thunberg, Greta, ed. (2022-10-27). Le Grand Livre du Climat [The big climate book] (in French). Translated by Leclère, Cécile; Talaga, Leslie; Taudière, Isabelle; Albaret-Maatsch, Michèle (1 ed.). Paris, France: Editions Kero. ISBN 978-2-70216-852-3. OCLC 1350535911. EAN 9782702169780. (c. 464 pages)
7. Schaub, Coralie (2022-10-27). "Dirigé par Greta Thunberg, «Le Grand Livre du climat» rappelle que «l'espoir, c'est agir»" [Led by Greta Thunberg, "The Big Climate Book" reminds us that "hope is action"]. Climat. Le Temps (in French). Archived from the original on 2022-11-12. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
8. Thunberg, Greta, ed. (2022-10-25). Het Klimaatboek [The climate book] (in Dutch). Translated by Broeder, Linda; van den Berg, Jan; Biekmann, Lidwien; Boelens, Koen; van Eeden, Ed [in Dutch]; van Eijk, Lisette; van der Zwan, Arwin (1 ed.). Amsterdam, Netherlands: De Bezige Bij. ISBN 978-9-403-19431-8. OCLC 1346771908. (2?+14+461+? pages)
9. Thunberg, Greta, ed. (2022-11-10). Klimatboken [Climate book] (in Swedish). Translated by Bernes, Claes; Gefvert, Leo; Larsson, Maria Katerine; Vågen, Öyvind (1 ed.). Stockholm, Sweden: Bokförlaget Polaris. ISBN 978-9-17-795652-5. OCLC 1352449459. (c. 446 pages)
10. Thunberg, Greta, ed. (2022-10-27). Klimabogen [Climate book] (in Danish). Translated by Andersen, Henrik (1 ed.). Copenhagen, Denmark: Politikens Forlag. ISBN 978-8-7400-7767-4. OCLC 1349038491. (c. 472 pages)
11. Thunberg, Greta, ed. (2022-10-27). Klimaboka [Climate book] (in Norwegian). Translated by Stokseth, Lene (1 ed.). Oslo, Norway: Cappelen Damm. ISBN 978-8-20276167-7. (c. 464 pages) TOC
12. "Książka o klimacie" (in Polish). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Agora. 2023-10-25. ISBN 978-83-268-4410-2. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
13. Vince, Gaia (2022-10-26). "The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg review – global warning". Books. The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2022-11-09. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
14. Perkins, Miki (2022-11-03). "Greta Thunberg sees her climate book as 'a new type of activism'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2022-11-09. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
15. Thunberg, Greta (2022-10-08). "Greta Thunberg on the climate delusion: 'we've been greenwashed out of our senses. It's time to stand our ground'". Climate crisis. The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2022-11-09. Retrieved 2022-11-09. Published extract.
16. Bayley, Sian (2022-05-26). "Allen Lane reveals Greta Thunberg cover featuring Hawkins 'Warming Stripes' graph". The Bookseller. London, UK: The Stage Media Company Ltd. Archived from the original on 2022-06-18. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
17. "The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions by Greta Thunberg". Publishers Weekly. 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-12-15. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
18. Poole, Steven (2022-10-28). "Greta Thunberg's Climate Book is a great scientific one-stop shop – despite its anti-capitalist bent". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 2022-12-15. Retrieved 2022-12-15.

Further reading

• Eckert, Werner [in German] (2022-10-26). ""Das Klimabuch" von Greta Thunberg: Weise und infantil zugleich" [The "climate book" by Greta Thunberg: Wise and infantile at the same time]. Literatur. SWR2 [de] (in German). Südwestrundfunk. Archived from the original on 2022-11-13. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
• Müller-Jung, Joachim [in German] (2022-10-28). "Greta Thunbergs neues Buch: "Wir müssen jetzt das scheinbar Unmögliche tun"" [Greta Thunberg's new book: "We need to do the seemingly impossible now""]. Feuilleton / Natur und Wissenschaft. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH. Archived from the original on 2022-11-13. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
• Schmidt, Katharina (2022-11-11). "500 Seiten: Greta Thunbergs Buch macht fassungslos" [500 pages: Greta Thunberg's book leaves one bewildered]. Umweltschutz. utopia.de [de] (in German). Utopia GmbH. Archived from the original on 2022-11-13. Retrieved 2022-11-13.

External links

• Official website