This book is a very interesting read, with an engaging and articulate writing style. It begins by warning us that climate change “is worse, much worse, than you think” (3). The book presents a wide picture of the future Earth we may soon live in. This include Heat Death, Hunger, Drowning, Wildfire, Dying Oceans, Unbreathable Air, Plagues, Economic Collapse and Climate Conflict. Natural disasters that are now extreme may be considered the “old normal” or “the good old days.” With Australia going through a catastrophic bushfire season, climate change promise to bring “much more fire, much more often, burning much more land” (73–74). The author does not despair, as nothing is inevitable. He writes poetically, “each new baby arrives in a brand-new world, contemplating a whole horizon of possibilities” (135). We have the responsibility to choose the kind of future Earth we want through our present actions, whether that be a place of flourishing or the “Uninhabitable Earth” he describes.
