Foreword by Raoul Martinez
1. The Might of Memory
Authority and humility
PAST
2. Separation
Relinquishing a way of thinking
Making connections
From machines to organisms
Looking forward
3. Origins
Beginnings
4. Colonialism: The Acceleration
The impact on nature
The impact on peoples
Work and slavery
The destruction of memory
Colonialism within countries
A Cold War consensus
Violence and technology
Neocolonialism: The metabolism of misery
5. Fossil Fuels, Furious Flames
The exceptionality of fossil fuels
Black gold: The story of petroleum
Oil and power
The deceit and the delay
Recovering our historical memory
6. Human Nature or Human Ignorance?
What human nature?
The myth of collapse
A history of knowledge and ignorance
Institutions and discussions
Laws and actions
Climate change and human influence
The impotence of knowledge
Science as a way of thinking
Science's contemporary challenges
Thinking ahead
PRESENT
7. The Great Burning
Atmospheric basics
Knowing climate change
What we don't know: Uncertainty and humility
Interpreting uncertainty
8. Understanding Emissions:
Where, Who, What, When and How
Where: Types of emissions
Who: Emissions and authorship
What: Temperatures and targets
When: Too little, too late
How: The carbon budget and the roadmap
Literacy and ambition
9. The Poverty of Wealth: Economics and Ecology
Metabolism
Prosperity
The true costs
Routes ahead
10. The World at 1°C: A Guide to Climate Violence
Extreme weather and climate conditions
The inequality of exposure
Social conditions
Climate violence and you
Poverties, strictures and precarities
A story we can't tell
FUTURE
11. A Plausible Future: Approaching Apocalypse
Trendlines
Health
New horizons of heat
Adaptation and loss
Blame and opportunism
Ecological conflict
A world beyond 4°C
Reactions and responses
12. A Possible Future: The World We Can Win
Solutions in a complex world
Connection
Humility
Radicalism not romanticism
Avoiding false solutions
Democracy, diversity and accountability
The paradox of pace
The business of boldness
13. A Mosaic of Alternatives
An economy of life
Justice
Nourishment
The commons
Energy
Dismantling hierarchy
Care
Restoration
Adaptation
Education and culture
Healing
Reconstruction: Cities and space
14. What Then Must We Do?
Stepping into the sea
Connection and solidarity
Communication
Ordinary hope
15. Hope, A Horizon
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
About the Author
About New Society Publishers