The Climate Book

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The Climate Book
The Climate Book.jpg
Warming stripes, used as the cover design for The Climate Book
Author Greta Thunberg
Cover artist Ed Hawkins
LanguageEnglish, [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 typePrint, hardback
Pages2+18+446+2
ISBN 978-0-241-54747-2
Website theclimatebook.org

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]

Contents

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]

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]

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