Changement climatique

Notre planète se trouve à un moment charnière, et ces livres essentiels explorent à la fois les défis du changement climatique et les solutions innovantes qui redéfinissent notre relation avec la Terre. À travers des analyses d'experts, des récits captivants et des conseils pratiques, les lecteurs découvriront des perspectives cruciales sur la durabilité, la justice environnementale et les actions transformatrices nécessaires pour protéger notre avenir commun.

Changement climatique Résumés de livres

A Guardian and a Thief

par Megha Majumdar

Stolen passports trap a mother in a climate-ravaged Kolkata with a thief who knows her secret.

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🔥 Climate Dystopia 🛂 Climate Refugees 💔 Desperate Mother 👧 Child In Peril 🍚 Food Scarcity

Immersif

A Guardian and a Thief

Stolen passports trap a mother in a climate-ravaged Kolkata with a thief who knows her secret.

par Megha Majumdar 2025 224 pages

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🔥 Climate Dystopia 🛂 Climate Refugees 💔 Desperate Mother 👧 Child In Peril 🍚 Food Scarcity

Valeurs

par Mark Carney • 2021

What markets can't price, they destroy. A central banker's plan to fix capitalism before it breaks.

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🏛️ Market Fundamentalism 📜 Financial Regulation 🏦 Central Banking 🌍 Climate Economics 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism

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Valeurs

What markets can't price, they destroy. A central banker's plan to fix capitalism before it breaks.

par Mark Carney 2021 584 pages

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🏛️ Market Fundamentalism 📜 Financial Regulation 🏦 Central Banking 🌍 Climate Economics 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism

Monde matériel

par Ed Conway • 2023

Six buried materials hold up modern life. The clean energy shift means digging more, not less.

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📜 Material Histories 🚢 Supply Chains 🏗️ Hidden Infrastructure ⚡ Energy Transition 🌍 Resource Geopolitics

Immersif

Monde matériel

Six buried materials hold up modern life. The clean energy shift means digging more, not less.

par Ed Conway 2023 512 pages

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📜 Material Histories 🚢 Supply Chains 🏗️ Hidden Infrastructure ⚡ Energy Transition 🌍 Resource Geopolitics

The Story of Stuff

par Annie Leonard • 2010

A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.

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📉 Consumerism Critique 🔄 Product Life Cycles ⚖️ Environmental Justice ♻️ Circular Economy ☣️ Toxic Chemicals

The Story of Stuff

A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.

par Annie Leonard 2010 352 pages

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📉 Consumerism Critique 🔄 Product Life Cycles ⚖️ Environmental Justice ♻️ Circular Economy ☣️ Toxic Chemicals

Staying with the Trouble

par Donna J. Haraway • 2016

There is no escape from collapse, only forging ties with critters, compost, and the dead.

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🐙 Multispecies Kinship 🌿 Ecological Entanglement ♀️ Feminist Theory 🐝 More-Than-Human Ethics 🔬 Science Studies

Staying with the Trouble

There is no escape from collapse, only forging ties with critters, compost, and the dead.

par Donna J. Haraway 2016 312 pages

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🐙 Multispecies Kinship 🌿 Ecological Entanglement ♀️ Feminist Theory 🐝 More-Than-Human Ethics 🔬 Science Studies

Less Is More

par Jason Hickel • 2020

Growth is wrecking the planet, and green growth is an illusion. The case for planned shrinkage.

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🍂 Degrowth Movement 🌍 Ecological Economics 📉 Beyond GDP 🛑 Green Growth Critique ⚖️ Climate Justice

Less Is More

Growth is wrecking the planet, and green growth is an illusion. The case for planned shrinkage.

par Jason Hickel 2020 336 pages

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🍂 Degrowth Movement 🌍 Ecological Economics 📉 Beyond GDP 🛑 Green Growth Critique ⚖️ Climate Justice

L'Arbre-Monde

par Richard Powers • 2018

Trees summon nine lives across a century to a final stand for the last ancient forests.

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🌲 Forest Ecology ✊ Eco-Activism 🌳 Generational Saga 🍄 Tree Communication 🔗 Braided Narrative

L'Arbre-Monde

Trees summon nine lives across a century to a final stand for the last ancient forests.

par Richard Powers 2018 502 pages

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🌲 Forest Ecology ✊ Eco-Activism 🌳 Generational Saga 🍄 Tree Communication 🔗 Braided Narrative

Collapse

par Jared Diamond • 2004

Civilizations don't just run out of resources. They fail to decide.

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🌿 Environmental History 🏚️ Societal Collapse 🌍 Environmental Determinism ⛏️ Resource Depletion 🐑 Tragedy Of The Commons

Collapse

Civilizations don't just run out of resources. They fail to decide.

par Jared Diamond 2004 608 pages

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🌿 Environmental History 🏚️ Societal Collapse 🌍 Environmental Determinism ⛏️ Resource Depletion 🐑 Tragedy Of The Commons

The Divide

par Jason Hickel • 2017

Colonial theft, debt traps, and rigged trade built global poverty; the official numbers hide it.

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🌍 Global Inequality ⛓️ Neocolonialism 🏛️ Dependency Theory 💸 Aid Critique 🏴 Tax Justice

The Divide

Colonial theft, debt traps, and rigged trade built global poverty; the official numbers hide it.

par Jason Hickel 2017 368 pages

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🌍 Global Inequality ⛓️ Neocolonialism 🏛️ Dependency Theory 💸 Aid Critique 🏴 Tax Justice

The Fate of Rome

par Kyle Harper • 2017

The Roman Empire wasn't just conquered. It was overwhelmed by climate chaos and pandemic disease.

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🏛️ Ancient Rome 🌿 Environmental History 🌡️ Climate History 🧬 Disease Ecology 😷 Pandemic History

The Fate of Rome

The Roman Empire wasn't just conquered. It was overwhelmed by climate chaos and pandemic disease.

par Kyle Harper 2017 417 pages

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🏛️ Ancient Rome 🌿 Environmental History 🌡️ Climate History 🧬 Disease Ecology 😷 Pandemic History

The War Below

par Ernest Scheyder • 2024

Green energy requires mining. A sacred mountain, a rare flower, and the tradeoffs we keep ignoring.

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⚒️ Critical Minerals 🔗 Mineral Supply Chains ⛏️ Resource Extraction ⚖️ Green Energy Tradeoffs 🌍 Environmental Justice

The War Below

Green energy requires mining. A sacred mountain, a rare flower, and the tradeoffs we keep ignoring.

par Ernest Scheyder 2024 384 pages

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⚒️ Critical Minerals 🔗 Mineral Supply Chains ⛏️ Resource Extraction ⚖️ Green Energy Tradeoffs 🌍 Environmental Justice

The Grid

par Gretchen Bakke • 2016

The clean-energy future depends on a century-old machine that was never designed to handle it.

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🏗️ Infrastructure ⚡ Energy Transition 🌬️ Renewable Integration 🔋 Energy Storage 📜 Energy Policy

The Grid

The clean-energy future depends on a century-old machine that was never designed to handle it.

par Gretchen Bakke 2016 384 pages

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🏗️ Infrastructure ⚡ Energy Transition 🌬️ Renewable Integration 🔋 Energy Storage 📜 Energy Policy

Sustainable & Responsible Investing 360°

par R. Scott Arnell • 2022

ESG was a niche concern. Now top investors treat it as fiduciary duty. Their playbook, distilled.

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📊 Esg Investing 🎯 Impact Investing 💚 Sustainable Finance 🤝 Shareholder Engagement 🔄 Blended Finance

Sustainable & Responsible Investing 360°

ESG was a niche concern. Now top investors treat it as fiduciary duty. Their playbook, distilled.

par R. Scott Arnell 2022 393 pages

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📊 Esg Investing 🎯 Impact Investing 💚 Sustainable Finance 🤝 Shareholder Engagement 🔄 Blended Finance

Net Positive

par Andrew S. Winston • 2021

What if the most profitable companies leave more than they take from the world?

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🤝 Corporate Responsibility 💼 Stakeholder Capitalism 📊 ESG Integration 🌱 Regenerative Business ✊ Corporate Activism

Net Positive

What if the most profitable companies leave more than they take from the world?

par Andrew S. Winston 2021 446 pages

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🤝 Corporate Responsibility 💼 Stakeholder Capitalism 📊 ESG Integration 🌱 Regenerative Business ✊ Corporate Activism

La Terre inhabitable

par Gaia Vince • 2022

The tropics are becoming unlivable. A mass migration northward is an opportunity, not a crisis.

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🌍 Climate Migration 🏠 Managed Retreat 🚧 Border Politics 💹 Migration Economics 🏛️ Global Governance

La Terre inhabitable

The tropics are becoming unlivable. A mass migration northward is an opportunity, not a crisis.

par Gaia Vince 2022 269 pages

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🌍 Climate Migration 🏠 Managed Retreat 🚧 Border Politics 💹 Migration Economics 🏛️ Global Governance

Le grand livre du climat

par Greta Thunberg • 2022

Since 1991, we've emitted more CO2 than in all prior history; cures exist, the politics don't.

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⚖️ Climate Justice ⚡ Energy Transition ✊ Climate Activism 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge 🚫 Climate Denialism

Le grand livre du climat

Since 1991, we've emitted more CO2 than in all prior history; cures exist, the politics don't.

par Greta Thunberg 2022 464 pages

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⚖️ Climate Justice ⚡ Energy Transition ✊ Climate Activism 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge 🚫 Climate Denialism

Animal Liberation Now

par Peter Singer • 2023

Suffering is suffering regardless of species. Everything else is bias we have learned not to see.

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🐾 Animal Ethics 📚 Moral Philosophy ✊ Animal Rights 🏭 Factory Farming ⚖️ Utilitarianism

Animal Liberation Now

Suffering is suffering regardless of species. Everything else is bias we have learned not to see.

par Peter Singer 2023 370 pages

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🐾 Animal Ethics 📚 Moral Philosophy ✊ Animal Rights 🏭 Factory Farming ⚖️ Utilitarianism

The New Map

par Daniel Yergin • 2020

Shale, batteries, and pipelines are redrawing global power faster than diplomats can react.

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🛢️ Energy Geopolitics 🏛️ Great Power Rivalry 🌍 Climate Geopolitics 🗺️ Maps And Geopolitics 💲 Energy Economics

The New Map

Shale, batteries, and pipelines are redrawing global power faster than diplomats can react.

par Daniel Yergin 2020 512 pages

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🛢️ Energy Geopolitics 🏛️ Great Power Rivalry 🌍 Climate Geopolitics 🗺️ Maps And Geopolitics 💲 Energy Economics

The Great Displacement

par Jake Bittle • 2023

Climate disasters are displacing millions; housing markets and insurance can't keep up.

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🌍 Climate Migration ⚖️ Environmental Justice 🇺🇸 American Migration 💧 Water Crisis 🚒 Disaster Recovery

The Great Displacement

Climate disasters are displacing millions; housing markets and insurance can't keep up.

par Jake Bittle 2023 368 pages

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🌍 Climate Migration ⚖️ Environmental Justice 🇺🇸 American Migration 💧 Water Crisis 🚒 Disaster Recovery

La Terre inhabitable

par David Wallace-Wells • 2019

Climate change is not slow. Heat, hunger, drought, and mass displacement are already here.

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🧪 Climate Science ⚠️ Worst-Case Scenarios 🏃 Climate Migration 🌪️ Extreme Weather 🌽 Food And Water Security

La Terre inhabitable

Climate change is not slow. Heat, hunger, drought, and mass displacement are already here.

par David Wallace-Wells 2019 310 pages

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🧪 Climate Science ⚠️ Worst-Case Scenarios 🏃 Climate Migration 🌪️ Extreme Weather 🌽 Food And Water Security

Why Vegan?

par Peter Singer • 2020

Loving dogs while eating pigs is a prejudice, not a preference, with billions of victims.

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🐄 Animal Ethics 🏭 Factory Farming 🧠 Animal Sentience ⚖️ Utilitarianism 🍽️ Food Politics

Why Vegan?

Loving dogs while eating pigs is a prejudice, not a preference, with billions of victims.

par Peter Singer 2020 80 pages

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🐄 Animal Ethics 🏭 Factory Farming 🧠 Animal Sentience ⚖️ Utilitarianism 🍽️ Food Politics

Chaos Kings

par Scott Patterson • 2023

They lose money every day on purpose, because one market crash will repay everything.

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📉 Catastrophe Investing 🔄 Hedge Fund Strategies 🌐 Systemic Fragility 📊 Risk Modeling Failure 🔮 Limits Of Prediction

Chaos Kings

They lose money every day on purpose, because one market crash will repay everything.

par Scott Patterson 2023 335 pages

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📉 Catastrophe Investing 🔄 Hedge Fund Strategies 🌐 Systemic Fragility 📊 Risk Modeling Failure 🔮 Limits Of Prediction

Divided

par Tim Marshall • 2018

We were promised a borderless world. There are more walls now than during the Cold War.

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🌍 Geopolitics 🧱 Border Barriers 🚩 Nationalism 🏛️ Colonial Legacies 🛂 Immigration Politics

Divided

We were promised a borderless world. There are more walls now than during the Cold War.

par Tim Marshall 2018 316 pages

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🌍 Geopolitics 🧱 Border Barriers 🚩 Nationalism 🏛️ Colonial Legacies 🛂 Immigration Politics

Food Politics

par Robert Paarlberg • 2010

The hidden policy battles behind every bite, from farm subsidy wars to the GMO divide.

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🍽️ Food Politics 🌾 Agricultural Policy 🍞 Global Hunger 💵 Farm Subsidies 🚜 Industrial Agriculture

Food Politics

The hidden policy battles behind every bite, from farm subsidy wars to the GMO divide.

par Robert Paarlberg 2010 240 pages

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🍽️ Food Politics 🌾 Agricultural Policy 🍞 Global Hunger 💵 Farm Subsidies 🚜 Industrial Agriculture

Mission Economy

par Mariana Mazzucato • 2020

State-led missions built the internet and GPS; now turn that force on climate and inequality.

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💡 Innovation Economics 🏛️ Public Sector Reform 🏭 Industrial Policy 🤝 Public-Private Partnerships ⏳ Patient Capital

Mission Economy

State-led missions built the internet and GPS; now turn that force on climate and inequality.

par Mariana Mazzucato 2020 272 pages

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💡 Innovation Economics 🏛️ Public Sector Reform 🏭 Industrial Policy 🤝 Public-Private Partnerships ⏳ Patient Capital

The Day the World Stops Shopping

par J.B. MacKinnon • 2021

Less shopping saves the planet and wrecks the economy. The path through that trap.

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🧃 Consumer Culture 📉 Environmental Economics 🛒 Overconsumption 📊 Degrowth 🌱 Voluntary Simplicity

The Day the World Stops Shopping

Less shopping saves the planet and wrecks the economy. The path through that trap.

par J.B. MacKinnon 2021 336 pages

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🧃 Consumer Culture 📉 Environmental Economics 🛒 Overconsumption 📊 Degrowth 🌱 Voluntary Simplicity

The Capitalist Manifesto

par Johan Norberg • 2023

What brought extreme poverty from 29% to 8% in twenty years? The answer is not what you've been told

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🌍 Poverty Reduction 🌐 Globalization Debate 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 📊 Data-Driven Economics 🌤️ Climate Optimism

The Capitalist Manifesto

What brought extreme poverty from 29% to 8% in twenty years? The answer is not what you've been told

par Johan Norberg 2023 304 pages

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🌍 Poverty Reduction 🌐 Globalization Debate 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 📊 Data-Driven Economics 🌤️ Climate Optimism

The Big Thirst

par Charles Fishman • 2010

For a century, water was too cheap to notice. That era ended, and we didn't see it coming.

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🏜️ Water Scarcity 🏗️ Water Infrastructure 🏛️ Water Politics 🌍 Climate Adaptation 🚽 Sanitation Crisis

The Big Thirst

For a century, water was too cheap to notice. That era ended, and we didn't see it coming.

par Charles Fishman 2010 400 pages

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🏜️ Water Scarcity 🏗️ Water Infrastructure 🏛️ Water Politics 🌍 Climate Adaptation 🚽 Sanitation Crisis

Consumed

par Aja Barber • 2021

Fast fashion is colonialism in new clothes, and its dumping ground is a market in Accra.

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👗 Fast Fashion Critique 🏛️ Colonial Legacies ⛓️ Supply Chain Ethics ♻️ Textile Waste 🎭 Cultural Appropriation

Consumed

Fast fashion is colonialism in new clothes, and its dumping ground is a market in Accra.

par Aja Barber 2021 288 pages

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👗 Fast Fashion Critique 🏛️ Colonial Legacies ⛓️ Supply Chain Ethics ♻️ Textile Waste 🎭 Cultural Appropriation

A World of Three Zeros

par Muhammad Yunus • 2017

Capitalism's missing piece: businesses that solve poverty, earn their keep, and pay zero dividend.

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🏢 Social Entrepreneurship 💰 Microfinance ⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🌍 Climate Economics 🏠 Poverty Alleviation

A World of Three Zeros

Capitalism's missing piece: businesses that solve poverty, earn their keep, and pay zero dividend.

par Muhammad Yunus 2017 304 pages

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🏢 Social Entrepreneurship 💰 Microfinance ⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🌍 Climate Economics 🏠 Poverty Alleviation

Bouleversement

par Jared Diamond • 2019

Crisis therapy adapted to nations: six countries reveal which recoveries work, why America's next.

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🌍 National Crises 🗳️ Comparative Politics 🏗️ Nation-Building 🛡️ Political Resilience 🏴 National Identity

Bouleversement

Crisis therapy adapted to nations: six countries reveal which recoveries work, why America's next.

par Jared Diamond 2019 575 pages

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🌍 National Crises 🗳️ Comparative Politics 🏗️ Nation-Building 🛡️ Political Resilience 🏴 National Identity

A Brief History of Earth

par Andrew H. Knoll • 2021

Earth's four-billion-year story: how rock spawned life, and why that knowledge now falls to us.

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🌍 Earth History 🧬 Origin Of Life 🔀 Plate Tectonics 💀 Mass Extinctions 🏭 Anthropocene

A Brief History of Earth

Earth's four-billion-year story: how rock spawned life, and why that knowledge now falls to us.

par Andrew H. Knoll 2021 272 pages

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🌍 Earth History 🧬 Origin Of Life 🔀 Plate Tectonics 💀 Mass Extinctions 🏭 Anthropocene

Why We Can't Afford the Rich

par Andrew Sayer • 2014

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

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🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Degrowth

Why We Can't Afford the Rich

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

par Andrew Sayer 2014

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🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Degrowth

Unsettled

par Steven E. Koonin • 2021

The gap between climate science and climate headlines is wider than either side admits.

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🤔 Climate Skepticism 💻 Climate Models ❓ Uncertainty In Science ⚖️ Scientific Integrity 📊 Data Literacy

Unsettled

The gap between climate science and climate headlines is wider than either side admits.

par Steven E. Koonin 2021 320 pages

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🤔 Climate Skepticism 💻 Climate Models ❓ Uncertainty In Science ⚖️ Scientific Integrity 📊 Data Literacy

Aftershocks of Disaster

par Yarimar Bonilla • 2019

After Maria, Puerto Ricans found the worst disaster wasn't the storm. It was colonial rule.

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🇵🇷 Puerto Rican History 🌴 Caribbean Politics 🌀 Disaster Response 🤝 Mutual Aid 🏚️ Disaster Capitalism

Aftershocks of Disaster

After Maria, Puerto Ricans found the worst disaster wasn't the storm. It was colonial rule.

par Yarimar Bonilla 2019 404 pages

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🇵🇷 Puerto Rican History 🌴 Caribbean Politics 🌀 Disaster Response 🤝 Mutual Aid 🏚️ Disaster Capitalism

The Age of Sustainable Development

par Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2015

Growth, inclusion, and sustainability are the same project. Sacrifice one, and the others collapse.

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🌱 Sustainable Development 📊 Development Economics 🌍 Global Poverty 🌡️ Climate Economics 📜 Environmental Policy

The Age of Sustainable Development

Growth, inclusion, and sustainability are the same project. Sacrifice one, and the others collapse.

par Jeffrey D. Sachs 2015 544 pages

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🌱 Sustainable Development 📊 Development Economics 🌍 Global Poverty 🌡️ Climate Economics 📜 Environmental Policy

This Changes Everything

par Naomi Klein • 2014

Capitalism demands endless growth. The climate demands we stop. Only one can win.

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🏛️ Climate Politics 🌹 Eco-Socialism ⚖️ Climate Justice 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Industry 🟢 Greenwashing

This Changes Everything

Capitalism demands endless growth. The climate demands we stop. Only one can win.

par Naomi Klein 2014 577 pages

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🏛️ Climate Politics 🌹 Eco-Socialism ⚖️ Climate Justice 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Industry 🟢 Greenwashing

Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política

par Bruno Latour • 2017

Climate, inequality, and nationalism share one cause: the Earth has become a political actor.

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🌍 Political Ecology 🌡️ Climate Politics 🧠 Continental Philosophy 📰 Post-Truth Politics 🌿 Environmental Philosophy

Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política

Climate, inequality, and nationalism share one cause: the Earth has become a political actor.

par Bruno Latour 2017 137 pages

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🌍 Political Ecology 🌡️ Climate Politics 🧠 Continental Philosophy 📰 Post-Truth Politics 🌿 Environmental Philosophy

Caesar's Last Breath

par Sam Kean • 2017

Your next breath shares molecules with Caesar's last, and with every war and volcano since.

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🌀 Atmospheric Science 🔬 Periodic Table 📜 Science History 🌍 Geoengineering 🦋 Chaos Theory

Caesar's Last Breath

Your next breath shares molecules with Caesar's last, and with every war and volcano since.

par Sam Kean 2017 384 pages

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🌀 Atmospheric Science 🔬 Periodic Table 📜 Science History 🌍 Geoengineering 🦋 Chaos Theory

Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

par Thich Nhat Hanh • 2021

The planet won't be saved by exhausted people. A Zen practice for staying in the fight.

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🧘 Zen Buddhism 🌿 Buddhist Ecology 🧠 Mindfulness Practice 🕸️ Interconnectedness 💗 Compassion Practice

Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

The planet won't be saved by exhausted people. A Zen practice for staying in the fight.

par Thich Nhat Hanh 2021 320 pages

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🧘 Zen Buddhism 🌿 Buddhist Ecology 🧠 Mindfulness Practice 🕸️ Interconnectedness 💗 Compassion Practice

One World

par Peter Singer • 2002

Borders do not contain carbon, missiles, or pandemics. They should not contain your conscience.

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🌍 Global Ethics 🏛️ Cosmopolitanism 💡 Effective Altruism 🧮 Utilitarianism 🌡️ Climate Ethics

One World

Borders do not contain carbon, missiles, or pandemics. They should not contain your conscience.

par Peter Singer 2002 272 pages

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🌍 Global Ethics 🏛️ Cosmopolitanism 💡 Effective Altruism 🧮 Utilitarianism 🌡️ Climate Ethics

The Legacy

par David Suzuki • 2010

GDP counts car crashes as growth. An elder's vision for measuring what actually sustains us.

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🌍 Environmental Philosophy 🌱 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🌳 Ecosystem Services 💚 Biophilia

The Legacy

GDP counts car crashes as growth. An elder's vision for measuring what actually sustains us.

par David Suzuki 2010 128 pages

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🌍 Environmental Philosophy 🌱 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🌳 Ecosystem Services 💚 Biophilia

No Impact Man

par Colin Beavan • 2009

90 gallons of trash in 4 days: a Manhattan family aims for zero, for a year.

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🏙️ Urban Sustainability 🧪 Lifestyle Experiments 🗑️ Waste Reduction 🥕 Local Food 🧘 Voluntary Simplicity

No Impact Man

90 gallons of trash in 4 days: a Manhattan family aims for zero, for a year.

par Colin Beavan 2009 288 pages

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🏙️ Urban Sustainability 🧪 Lifestyle Experiments 🗑️ Waste Reduction 🥕 Local Food 🧘 Voluntary Simplicity

The Secret Wisdom of Nature

par Peter Wohlleben • 2017

Wolves reshape rivers, salmon fertilize forests, and most human fixes only make ecosystems worse.

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🌲 Forest Ecology 🔑 Keystone Species 🦌 Rewilding 📚 Popular Ecology 🌱 Natural Regeneration

The Secret Wisdom of Nature

Wolves reshape rivers, salmon fertilize forests, and most human fixes only make ecosystems worse.

par Peter Wohlleben 2017 272 pages

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🌲 Forest Ecology 🔑 Keystone Species 🦌 Rewilding 📚 Popular Ecology 🌱 Natural Regeneration

The Good Ancestor

par Roman Krznaric • 2020

Short-term thinking is not in our DNA. A philosopher traces its source and the older cure.

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⚖️ Intergenerational Justice 🔭 Longtermism ⏳ Temporal Awareness 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌍 Planetary Boundaries

The Good Ancestor

Short-term thinking is not in our DNA. A philosopher traces its source and the older cure.

par Roman Krznaric 2020 336 pages

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⚖️ Intergenerational Justice 🔭 Longtermism ⏳ Temporal Awareness 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌍 Planetary Boundaries

This Is Vegan Propaganda

par Ed Winters • 2022

How one diet shift cuts your climate impact, ends animal suffering, and prevents the next pandemic.

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🏭 Factory Farming ✊ Animal Liberation 🌱 Veganism 🌍 Climate Impact Of Food 🐾 Speciesism

This Is Vegan Propaganda

How one diet shift cuts your climate impact, ends animal suffering, and prevents the next pandemic.

par Ed Winters 2022 320 pages

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🏭 Factory Farming ✊ Animal Liberation 🌱 Veganism 🌍 Climate Impact Of Food 🐾 Speciesism

Conspiracy Theories and Other Dangerous Ideas

par Cass R. Sunstein • 2014

Fear, happiness, conspiracy beliefs: all misfire in the same predictable ways. Law can correct them.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Public Policy ⚖️ Legal Reasoning 👥 Social Influence 🔀 Political Polarization

Conspiracy Theories and Other Dangerous Ideas

Fear, happiness, conspiracy beliefs: all misfire in the same predictable ways. Law can correct them.

par Cass R. Sunstein 2014 288 pages

3.14

167 évaluations

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Public Policy ⚖️ Legal Reasoning 👥 Social Influence 🔀 Political Polarization

Timefulness

par Marcia Bjornerud • 2018

The climate crisis has a hidden dimension: time. Why the billion-year view matters now.

4.07

1 000+

⏳ Deep Time 🌍 Earth History 🔭 Long-Term Thinking 🏭 Anthropocene 🌿 Nature Connection

Timefulness

The climate crisis has a hidden dimension: time. Why the billion-year view matters now.

par Marcia Bjornerud 2018 224 pages

4.07

1 000+ évaluations

⏳ Deep Time 🌍 Earth History 🔭 Long-Term Thinking 🏭 Anthropocene 🌿 Nature Connection

When It All Burns

par Jordan Thomas • 2025

A hotshot watches a megafire push ancient sequoias toward extinction and asks who lit the fuse.

4.36

1 000+

🌲 Fire Ecology 🔥 Wildfire History 🌾 Cultural Burning 💰 Disaster Capitalism 🛢️ Climate Denialism

When It All Burns

A hotshot watches a megafire push ancient sequoias toward extinction and asks who lit the fuse.

par Jordan Thomas 2025 361 pages

4.36

1 000+ évaluations

🌲 Fire Ecology 🔥 Wildfire History 🌾 Cultural Burning 💰 Disaster Capitalism 🛢️ Climate Denialism

Resilience Thinking

par Brian Walker • 2006

Stop optimizing nature. The science that explains why management backfires, and what to do instead.

3.87

362

🌿 Ecosystem Management 🧩 Systems Thinking ⚖️ Regime Shifts 🔄 Adaptive Management 🏗️ Resilience Theory

Resilience Thinking

Stop optimizing nature. The science that explains why management backfires, and what to do instead.

par Brian Walker 2006 192 pages

3.87

362 évaluations

🌿 Ecosystem Management 🧩 Systems Thinking ⚖️ Regime Shifts 🔄 Adaptive Management 🏗️ Resilience Theory

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