The : surviving the climate crisis Figueres, Christiana creator author Rivett-Carnac, Tom author text bibliography nyu 2020 2020 First edition. monographic eng Eng lis h

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xxvi, 210 pages : illustration, map ; 20 cm In this cautionary but optimistic book, Figueres and Rivett-Carnac--the architects of the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement--tackle arguably the most urgent and consequential challenge humankind has ever faced: the world's changing climate and the fate of humanity. In The Future We Choose, the authors outline two possible scenarios for the planet. In one, they describe what life on Earth will be like by 2050 if we fail to meet the Paris targets for carbon dioxide emission reduction. In the other, they describe what it will take to create and live in a carbon-neutral, regenerative world. They argue for confronting the climate crisis head on, with determination and optimism. How we all of us address the climate crisis in the next thirty years will determine not only the world we will live in but also the world we will bequeath to our children and theirs. The Future We Choose presents our options and tells us, in no uncertain terms, what governments, corporations, and each of us can and must do to fend off disaster. / Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac. "This is a Borzoi Book" --Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-210). Climatic changes Forecasting Climatic changes Social aspects Environmental policy Forecasting Global environmental change Economic aspects QC903 .F54 2020 9781838770822 2019047560 DLC 200114 20250923115234.0 11470801 eng