The Climate Book

The Climate Book (2023) is a collection of essays regarding climate change that were commissioned and compiled by environmental activist Greta Thunberg. Thunberg has been a vocal and powerful activist since she was a child; she has spoken to the European Parliament and at UN climate summits, and she is the founder of the Greta Thunberg Foundation and the Fridays for Future movement. The Climate Book presents the facts of climate change, including information about how climate functions, how the climate is changing, and how the changing climate is impacting the world. The authors also address what humanity has done in the fight against climate change, and they suggest numerous steps humans can take to slow the development of climate change and prevent a crisis.

This guide uses the Kindle version of The Climate Book published by Penguin Books in 2023.

Summary

Greta Thunberg opens the essay collection by stressing the gravity of climate change and the importance of joining the fight to create global sustainability. Even before industrialization, expanding human populations had a negative impact on the environment, an impact that the Industrial Revolution exacerbated. Humans began burning fossil fuels at increasingly higher rates, disrupting the natural carbon cycle and influencing the climate.