The Climate Book gathers scientists, economists, activists, historians, and policy thinkers into a type of coordinated dossier—each piece handling a different layer of the problem, from atmospheric chemistry through to finance, law, and behavioural inertia. 

It's abstract in nature, effective in dismantling the usual escape routes that come with climate discourse—uncertainty, scale, deferral—by placing hard data alongside the systems that distort or delay response. You move from how warming is measured, to how it’s misreported, to how targets are framed in ways that remain technically compliant while functionally insufficient. The book keeps returning to this gap between stated intent and operational reality.

Greta Thunberg’s framing cuts through the contributions with a kind of blunt coherence she is well famed for: the science is settled, the timeline is short, and the obstacle is not knowledge but organisation whether that's political, economic, cultural. It's an incredible book. 

Large-format hardcover, Allen Lane / Penguin Random House (2022). Very good condition—clean boards and pages, minimal shelf wear.