How to Fix a Broken Planet
Advice for Surviving the 21st Century

The ten catastrophic risks that threaten human civilisation and the planet, and advice on how to overcome or mitigate them.

Julian Cribb (Author)

9781009333412, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 5 January 2023

130 pages
19.8 x 12.8 x 1.2 cm, 0.24 kg

'… nothing less than a luminous plan-of-action for a new human epoch which our grandchildren might not only survive but might flourish within, unleashing the glory of human creative potential, should we choose to fix our broken planet.' Gordon Weiss, World Food Programme's East Africa co-ordinator

Do you want to help save human civilisation? If so, this book is for you. How to Fix a Broken Planet describes the ten catastrophic risks that menace human civilisation and our planet, and what we can all do to overcome or mitigate them. It explains what must be done globally to avert each megathreat, and what each of us can do in our own lives to help preserve a habitable world. It offers the first truly integrated world plan-of-action for a more sustainable human society - and fresh hope. A must-read for anyone seeking sound practical advice on what citizens, governments, companies, and community groups can do to safeguard our future.

Preface
1. Existential emergency
2. Extinction …or survival?
3. Resources for living
4. Nuclear awakening
5. Cooling Earth
6. Clean up the planet
7. Preventing pandemics
8. Renewable food
9. 'One child fewer'
10. Healing technological mayhem
11. Ending the age of deceit
12. Who are we, really?
13. An Earth Standard Currency
14. Tools for repairing the Earth
15. Think like a human, act like a species
Notes
Index.

Subject Areas: Social impact of environmental issues [RNT], Climate change [RNPG], Pollution & threats to the environment [RNP], Environmental management [RNF], Environment law [LNKJ], International environmental law [LBBP], Environmental economics [KCN]