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The The Future We Choose: 'Everyone should read this book' MATT HAIG Hardcover – 25 Feb. 2020

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

'Everyone should read this book' MATT HAIG
'One of the most inspiring books I have ever read' YUVAL NOAH HARARI
'Inspirational, compassionate and clear. The time to read this is NOW' MARK RUFFALO
'Figueres and Rivett-Carnac dare to tell us how our response can create a better, fairer world' NAOMI KLEIN

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Discover why there's hope for the planet and how we can each make a difference in the climate crisis, starting today.

Humanity is not doomed, and we can and will survive. The future is ours to create: it will be shaped by who we choose to be in the coming years. The coming decade is a turning point - it is time to turn from indifference or despair and towards a stubborn, determined optimism.

The Future We Choose is a passionate call to arms from former UN Executive Secretary for Climate Change, Christiana Figueres, and Tom Rivett-Carnac, senior political strategist for the Paris Agreement.

Practical, optimistic and empowering, The Future We Choose shows us steps we can all take to renew our planet and create a better world beyond the climate crisis: today, tomorrow, this year and in the coming decade.

The time to act is now. This book will change the way you see the world, and your place in it.

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240 pages
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English
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Manilla Press
Publication date

25 Feb. 2020
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14.4 x 2.6 x 22.2 cm
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1838770828
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978-1838770822
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We are at a critical moment for the survival of humans and the rest of life on Earth. In The Future We Choose, Figueres and Rivett-Carnac explain what we can do to safeguard our world. This book presents what we must do to protect our shared future - your own, and that of everyone on this planet ― Leonardo DiCaprio

A call to arms for the battle of our time. ― Arnold Schwarzenegger

There could not be a more important book. ― Richard Branson

Full of heart, strength and solutions... I will carry it with me everywhere. ― Ellie Goulding

Compelling and persuasive. Everyone can make a difference when it comes to climate change, but far too often most of us end up feeling that the things we do are not going to be enough to solve the problem: it just seems so overwhelming. After you've read this book it will be very difficult to ever feel like that again! ― Stella McCartney

This book is what the moment demands: a handbook for climate action and optimism. Read it and act. ― Ed Miliband

This book could not be more timely or important. ― David Miliband, CEO, IRC & Former Foreign Secretary

I urge everyone to read it and heed its message. ― Ban Ki-moon

The Paris Agreement was a landmark for humanity. In this timely and important book, two of the principle creators of that agreement show us why and how we can now realise its' promise. I hope it is widely read and acted on ― Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace

I strongly recommend this enlightening book! The next few years are the most important in humanity's fight to solve the climate crisis. In The Future We Choose, Christiana and Tom show us what's to come, how to face it, and what can be done to make the right choice to save our planet for future generations. ― Al Gore

Inspirational, compassionate and clear. The time to read this is NOW -- Mark Ruffalo

Please read it! -- Gisele Bündchen

Everyone should read this book -- Matt Haig

Figueres and Rivett-Carnac dare to tell us how our response can create a better, fairer world. -- Naomi Klein

One of the most inspiring books I have ever read -- Yuval Noah Harari

Enough of wake up calls - this book is what to do when you have woken up. -- William Hague

Practical and inspiring -- Lord Nicholas Stern

Urges us all forward and helps us know we can make a difference -- Jennifer Morgan, Executive Director, Greenpeace International

Protecting the environment is logical as much as ecological -- Bertrand Piccard, Pilot, Solar Impulse

Read this book. -- Michael Mann, Climate Scientist

A powerful warning and helpful guidebook for us all -- Chris Anderson, Head of TED

Christiana and Tom give us hope! ― Jesper Brodin, CEO, IKEA Group

An inspiring call to arms, a must read. -- Lisa Jackson, Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency, 2009–2013

We can lead the way towards a healthier and more sustainable future. This is the first book that explains how. -- Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris

An important book. Readable, inspiring, with a road map to hope. -- Tim Smit, The Eden Project

A fine volume! -- Bill McKibben

A powerful, compassionate call to arms. ― Julian Hector, Head of the BBC Natural History Unit

This could be the most important wake up call of our time. -- Professor Klaus Schwab, CEO, World Economic Forum

Encourage everyone to read and react. -- Oliver Bäte, CEO, Allianz

A further valuable contribution to the debate -- Ben van Beurden, CEO, Shell

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The defining book on the climate crisis that shows us how we can and will survive

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Manilla Press (25 Feb. 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1838770828
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1838770822
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14.4 x 2.6 x 22.2 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 52,755 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 40 in Popular Science Weather
- 41 in Environmental Philosophy
- 86 in Global Warming & Ecology

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Christiana Figueres
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Christiana Figueres is an internationally recognized leader on climate change. She was Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 2010-2016.
Assuming responsibility for the international climate change negotiations after the failed Copenhagen Conference of 2009, she was determined to lead the process to a universally agreed regulatory framework. Building toward that goal, she successfully directed the international negotiations from 2010, culminating in the historic Paris Agreement of 2015, signed unanimously by 195 countries.
Together with Tom Rivett-Carnac she is a founding partner of Global Optimism, a purpose driven enterprise focused on social and environmental change and host of the podcast Outrage & Optimism. "The Future we Choose" is their first co-authored book.
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Tom Rivett-Carnac
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Tom Rivett-Carnac is a leader in the fields of international diplomacy, energy policy, and climate change. From 2013 to 2016 Tom was Senior Strategy Advisor to the Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres.
He was responsible for political strategy to build a new type of collaborative diplomacy that broke the political deadlock on climate policy and finance through new partnerships and approaches. Leading a strategy team inside the Office of the Executive Secretary, he held this position up to and during the successful negotiations in Lima (COP 20) and Paris (COP 21), which resulted in the unanimous signing of the Paris Agreement.
Together with Christiana Figueres, he is a Founding Partner at Global Optimism, a purpose driven enterprise focused on social and environmental change and co-host of the podcast, Outrage and Optimism. ‘The Future We Choose’ is their first co-authored book.
Find him on Twitter or Instagram as @tomcarnac
More at: www.globaloptimism.com
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"mattdownunder2002"

Total rubbish, does more harm than good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 May 2020

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this is absolutely twaddle. It’s like a cross between an airport self help book “let go of your grief” and an introduction to climate change for school kids.

There are a few hints at interesting anecdotes from the run up to Paris Agreement, but like rest of the book, there isn’t enough substance to back them up. I imagine this puts more people off taking action than it inspires.

Awful. Save your money, and the tree this was printed from and buy ‘Rewilding’ by Isabella Tree instead.

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Winstone Wolfe

Void of facts and hard evidence

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 November 2020

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Not the book I was expecting at all.

The first 120 pages are full of lack-lustre anecdotes about The Paris Agreement and are more philosophical waffle than scientific fact. The 60 pages that follow are slightly more interesting, but the advice provided is nothing new and the authors don't go into any detail about the potential benefits of their proposed "10 Actions".

In short, if we want to save the planet then this is the deciding decade. If you want to do your part then you must start meditating?!, become vegan, buy electric, stop being a consumerist and vote with your money - There, I saved you several hours and £8.50.

12 people found this helpful

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Inspiring and practical

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 March 2020

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This is an incredibly inspiring book.
I have felt at times paralysed by the climate change crisis but reading this book has helped me to see that there are things which I can do which will help to make a difference.
It also suggests practical suggestion to help addresses despair and feelings of powerlessness. Because both Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivette-Carnac played such a key role in the Paris agreement, they are able to speak from experience and with real authority, understanding how difficult change is but showing how it is possible.

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Jamie

Concise and hopeful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 April 2020

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If you only are going to read one book on climate change, this would be a reasonable choice. If you are already well read on climate change (i.e. have read many other books) you won't learn too much from this, but if you are feeling despair or anger, this book can add some hope.

It is not a long or comprehensive book. There is little or nothing on say methane or ice melt or IPCC reports. It is not a book to understand the science.

There is more on attitude, personal things you can do and a broader picture.

It is a little light on just how bad things might get if we don't act...then again, others have covered that.

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Strong on mindset to resolving the climate crisis

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 April 2020

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Compared to other recent books I've read on the Climate Crisis (Uninhabitable Earth, On Fire, Our House is on Fire), this felt more hopeful despite laying out the shocking state of the situation we're in. It was reassuring to hear from leaders on the political front-line of the crisis.

But I'm not quite sure who this book is for... it feels closer to 'No Planet B' but that worked well as it was a really useful handbook for anyone trying to work out what's going on and what they can do, which this book doesn't try to be.

Regardless, I hope it gets widely read because it is clear, empowering and hopeful.

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A better quality of life whilst saving the Planet

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 August 2020

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A salutary ‘wake up call’ from the authors who have international experience of the challenges we face from unaddressed climate change.
A maximum of 30 yrs with positive action to reduce global warming targets set for each decade.
But the message running through the book after the depressing 1st chapter is positive and one of optimism optimism for a better quality of life whilst saving the planet.

5 people found this helpful

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MeSi

Everyone should read this

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 August 2020

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An unusual book about climate change that is based on science but also gives an excellent psychological framework to help readers deal with the challenges that lie ahead. It is difficult to imagine what climate change will actually look like and this is why I found the description of the two possible future scenarios particularly telling: one in which business as usual continues and leads to the abyss, and the other in which emissions are cut to 0 by 2050.
A must read.

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Ugo

Very inspiring

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 May 2020

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Great book! It makes you think about what type of planet we are going to leave to our children and to their children. It gives you the right mindset we need to develop towards climate change and some simple steps to make the difference. I already started to take my steps and I am sure you will do it too after reading this book.

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