List of climate change books

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This is a list of climate change books that describe, as a major theme, the effects of human activity on climate change.

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Non-fiction

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TitleTheme(s) and subtheme(s)Author(s)Year(s)ISBN(s)
What We Can't Burn: Friendship and Friction in the Fight for Our Energy Future Climate change the energy transition climate activism Eve Driver Tom Osborn 2024 ISBN   978-1-958510-03-2
I’m A Climate Optimist: An Easy Guide to Lead a Sustainable Life [1] Climate Change Aakash Ranison 2023 ISBN   978-0143460428 (IN)
An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming Global warming: skepticism about impact Nigel Lawson 2008 ISBN   978-0-7156-3786-9 (UK);
ISBN   978-1-59020-084-1 (US)
Atlas of Our Changing Environment Climate change United Nations Environment Programme 2005–
The Carbon Age: How Life's Core Element Has Become Civilization's Greatest Threat Climate change Eric Roston 2008 ISBN   978-0-80271751-1
The Carbon War: Global Warming and the End of the Oil Era Global warming Jeremy Leggett 1999
This Changes Everything Climate change: the impact of capitalism Naomi Klein 2014 ISBN   978-1-45169738-4
The Chilling Stars Climate change: cosmic rays as major contributor Henrik Svensmark and Nigel Calder 2003;
2007 (updated)		 ISBN   1-84046-815-7
The Climate Book Causes, effects and possible solutions to the climate crisis Greta Thunberg and many others2022 ISBN   978-0-241-54747-2
Climate Capitalism: Capitalism in the Age of Climate Change Climate change: efficient energy use and renewable energy Hunter Lovins and Boyd Cohen 2011 ISBN   978-0-8090-3473-4
Climate Change and Global Energy Security: Technology and Policy Options Climate change mitigation and global energy security Marilyn A. Brown and Benjamin K. Sovacool 2011 ISBN   978-0-262-01625-4
Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand Climate change denial Haydn Washington and John Cook; foreword by Naomi Oreskes 2011 ISBN   978-1-84971-336-8
Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action Global warming: "sustainability emergency"David Spratt and Philip Sutton2008 ISBN   1-921372-20-6
Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming Global warming: high cost and low impact of countermeasures Bjørn Lomborg 2007 ISBN   978-0-307-26692-7
The Deniers: The world-renowned scientists who stood up against global warming hysteria, political persecution, and fraud Global warming: denial by reputable scientists Lawrence Solomon 2008 ISBN   978-0-9800763-1-8
The Dirty Energy Dilemma: What’s Blocking Clean Power in the United States Energy: four challenges and four solutions Benjamin K. Sovacool 2008
The Discovery of Global Warming Global warming: history of scientific discoveries Spencer R. Weart 2003
Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming Reference, scholarly work, list of solutions with estimated impact and costs Paul Hawken 2017 ISBN   978-0-143-13044-4
Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet Climate change: statistics and causes Bill McKibben 2010 ISBN   978-0-8050-9056-7
The End of Energy Obesity: Breaking Today's Energy Addiction for a Prosperous and Secure Tomorrow Energy: oil prices, economic growth, environmental law, renewable energy, and global recession Peter Tertzakian 2009
The End of Nature Global warming: human manipulation of natural forces Bill McKibben 1989 ISBN   0-8129-7608-8
Energy and American Society: Thirteen Myths Energy: counter-arguments to 13 propositions about US culture and the environment Benjamin K. Sovacool and Marilyn A. Brown (editors)2007
Energy Autonomy: The Economic, Social & Technological Case for Renewable Energy Energy: renewable energy commercialization Hermann Scheer 2006 ISBN   1-84407355-6
Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? Climate change: modern developments Bill McKibben 2019
Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change Climate change: causes and effects in various places on Earth Elizabeth Kolbert 2006 ISBN   1-59691-125-5
Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy Energy: energy efficiency, renewable energy, and natural gas Mark Diesendorf 2007 ISBN   978-0-86840-973-3
Half Gone: Oil, Gas, Hot Air and the Global Energy Crisis Energy: oil depletion and global warming Jeremy Leggett 2005
Hard Choices: Climate Change in Canada Climate change: effects in Canada Harold Coward and Andrew J. Weaver 2004 ISBN   978-0-88920442-3
Heaven and Earth: Global Warming — The Missing Science Global warming: dispute of scientific consensus on climate change Ian Plimer 2009 ISBN   0-7043-7166-9
Hell and High Water: Global Warming — the Solution and the Politics — and What We Should Do Global warming: evidence for dire consequences of inaction Joseph J. Romm 2006 ISBN   0-06-117212-X
High and Dry: John Howard, Climate Change and the Selling of Australia's Future Global warming: industrial lobbyists in Australia Guy Pearse 2007
The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines Climate change: hockey stick graph Michael E. Mann 2012 ISBN   0-23115254-X
The Hockey Stick Illusion: Climategate and the Corruption of Science Climate change: hockey stick graph and Climatic Research Unit email controversy Andrew Montford 2010 ISBN   978-1-906768-35-5
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--And How It Can Renew America Various themes: clean energy, globalization, and population growth Thomas L. Friedman 2008
How to Live a Low-Carbon Life: The Individual's Guide to Stopping Climate Change Consumerism: reducing carbon footprint Chris Goodall 2007 ISBN   978-1-84407426-6
The Hype about Hydrogen: Fact and Fiction in the Race to Save the Climate Climate change: clean energy, advanced vehicles, energy security, and greenhouse gas mitigation Joseph J. Romm 2004 ISBN   1-55963-703-X;
ISBN   1-55963-704-8
An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It Global warming: speed and extent documented with text and images Al Gore 2006 ISBN   1-59486-567-1
Klima Macht Geschichte: Menschheitsgeschichte als Abbild der Klimaentwicklung Climate change Kenneth J. Hsu 2000
Living in the Hothouse: How Global Warming Affects Australia Climate change: government policy in Australia Ian Lowe 2005
Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming Global warming: comparisons with tobacco smoking, acid rain, and the ozone hole Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway 2010 ISBN   978-1-59691-610-4
Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis Climate change: solutions (concentrated solar power, cogeneration, and biochar) Al Gore 2009
Plows, Plagues and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate Various themes: agriculture, diseases, and fossil fuels William Ruddiman 2005
Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option Various themes: energy policy, and arguments against nuclear power Ian Lowe 2007 ISBN   978-1-86395-412-9
The Real Global Warming Disaster (Is The Obsession With 'Climate Change' Turning Out To Be the Most Costly Scientific Blunder In History?) Global warming: climate change denial from a denial perspective Christopher Booker 2009
Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth about Climate Change Climate change: climate change denial from the perspective of climate change belief Clive Hamilton 2010 ISBN   978-1-84971-081-7
The Revenge of Gaia: Why the Earth is Fighting Back - and How we Can Still Save Humanity Various themes James Lovelock 2007 ISBN   0-14-102597-2
Scorched: South Africa's Changing Climate Climate change Leonie Joubert 2007
Scorcher: The Dirty Politics of Climate Change Climate change: Kyoto Protocol and Australian politics Clive Hamilton 2007 ISBN   978-0-9775949-0-0
Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet Climate change: effects from global temperature increasing by one to six degrees Mark Lynas 2007 ISBN   978-0-00-720905-7
Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming Global warming: effect on hurricanes Chris Mooney 2007
Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity Climate change: fossil fuels James Hansen 2009 ISBN   978-1-60819-200-7
Straight Up: America's Fiercest Climate Blogger Takes on the Status Quo Media, Politicians, and Clean Energy Solutions Various themes: energy security, energy efficiency, green energy, and sustainable transport Joseph J. Romm 2010 ISBN   1-59726-716-3
Surviving the Century: Facing Climate Chaos and Other Global Challenges Various themes: climate change, renewable energy commercialization, sustainable cities, and cradle-to-cradle design Herbert Girardet 2007
Taken By Storm: The Troubled Science, Policy and Politics of Global Warming Global warming controversy: personalities and communication Ross McKitrick and Christopher Essex2002 ISBN   978-1-55263-946-7
Ten Technologies to Save the Planet (first edition) or Ten Technologies to Fix Energy and Climate (second edition)Various themes: technologies for reducing greenhouse gases Chris Goodall 2008 (first edition);
2009 (second edition)		 ISBN   978-1-84668-868-3
Twisted: The Distorted Mathematics of Greenhouse Denial Climate change: environmental skepticism Ian G. Enting 2007 ISBN   978-0-646-48012-1
The Uninhabitable Earth. Life After Warming Global warming David Wallace-Wells 2019 ISBN   978-0-525-57670-9 (US)
Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years Global warming: natural causes S. Fred Singer and Dennis T. Avery 2006 ISBN   978-0-7425-5117-6
The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change Climate change: consequences of global warming Tim Flannery 2005 ISBN   1-920885-84-6
The Weather of the Future: Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes From a Climate-Changed Planet Climate change: dangers from greenhouse gases from fossil fuels Heidi Cullen 2010
Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto Various themes: climate change, urbanization, and biotechnology Stewart Brand 2009 ISBN   978-0-670-02121-5
Why We Disagree About Climate Change: Understanding Controversy, Inaction and Opportunity Climate change: differing views from various disciplines Mike Hulme 2009 ISBN   978-0-521-72732-7

Fiction

TitleTheme(s)Author(s)YearISBN(s)
The Helix Cultivating our inner ability to create the world we wantYasmeen Cohen2022 ISBN   979-8-84881345-6
The Forgotten Enemy Climate change Arthur C. Clarke 1949
Mother of Storms Climate change: giant hurricane caused by nuclear explosion John Barnes 1994 ISBN   0-312-85560-5
Fairhaven [2] Innovators, engineers, and visionaries struggle against the odds to bring climate solutions to Southeast Asia and to the world.Genevieve Hilton (writing as Jan Lee) and Steve Willis2024 ISBN   978-1-73908892-7

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