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Not the end of the world : how we can be the first generation to build a sustainable planet / Hannah Ritchie.
By: Ritchie, Hannah.
Publisher: London : Chatto & Windus, 2024Description: 340 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781784745004 (hbk.) :; 1784745006 (hbk.) :.Subject(s): Sustainability | Conservation of natural resources | Sustainable development | Environment and ecology | Environment and Ecology | Social & cultural history | Social forecasting, future studies | Sociology & anthropology | Political ideologies | Environmentalist thought & ideologyDDC classification: 304.2 Summary: Feeling anxious, powerless or confused about the future of our planet? This book will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems - and how we can solve themWe are bombarded by doomsday headlines that tell us the soil won't be able to support crops, fish will vanish from our oceans, that we should reconsider having children. But in this bold, radically hopeful book, data scientist Hannah Ritchie argues that if we zoom out, a very different picture emerges. The data shows we've made so much progress on these problems, and so fast, that we could be on track to achieve true sustainability for the first time in history.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | St Helens Library Adult Non-Fiction | 304.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Reserved | 38055400027436 | 1 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Feeling anxious, powerless or confused about the future of our planet? This book will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems - and how we can solve themWe are bombarded by doomsday headlines that tell us the soil won't be able to support crops, fish will vanish from our oceans, that we should reconsider having children. But in this bold, radically hopeful book, data scientist Hannah Ritchie argues that if we zoom out, a very different picture emerges. The data shows we've made so much progress on these problems, and so fast, that we could be on track to achieve true sustainability for the first time in history.