Race for Tomorrow: Survival, Innovation and Profit on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis
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- Author：Simon Mundy
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Summary
In this extraordinary journey through twenty-six countries， Simon Mundy meets the people on the front lines of the climate crisis， showing how the struggle to respond is already reshaping the modern world – shattering communities， shaking up global business， and propelling a groundbreaking wave of cutting-edge innovation。
HOW is China’s green energy push driving a hazardous mining rush in Congo？
WHY is a maverick scientist building a home for engineered mammoths in northeast Siberia？
CAN an Israeli fake meat startup make a fortune while helping to save the Amazon？
WILL Greenland’s melting sea ice put its people at the centre of a global power struggle？
WHO are the entrepreneurs chasing breakthroughs in fusion power， electric cars， and technology to suck carbon from the atmosphere？
As the impacts of climate change cascade across the planet and the global economy， who is battling to survive the worst impacts – and who is chasing the most lucrative rewards？
Telling unforgettable human stories from six continents， this is an account of disaster， of promise， of frantic adaptation and relentless innovation， of hope， of survival， and of the forces that will define our future。
HOW is China’s green energy push driving a hazardous mining rush in Congo？
WHY is a maverick scientist building a home for engineered mammoths in northeast Siberia？
CAN an Israeli fake meat startup make a fortune while helping to save the Amazon？
WILL Greenland’s melting sea ice put its people at the centre of a global power struggle？
WHO are the entrepreneurs chasing breakthroughs in fusion power， electric cars， and technology to suck carbon from the atmosphere？
As the impacts of climate change cascade across the planet and the global economy， who is battling to survive the worst impacts – and who is chasing the most lucrative rewards？
Telling unforgettable human stories from six continents， this is an account of disaster， of promise， of frantic adaptation and relentless innovation， of hope， of survival， and of the forces that will define our future。
Reviews
Clare O'Beara
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What a whirl。 From Greenland to Svalbard， over to Siberia。 Then Southeast Asia and Pacific islands。 Venice。 Over to Chile and don't forget your hat。 Everywhere the author went， he walked， talked and interviewed， bringing us a portrait of how ordinary people are coping or despairing in the face of climate change。 Ice melts and one man gets rich from mammoth tusks while another loses his home and hunting grounds。 Coral bleaches and islands see seawater rise through the land， into decay。 Fires foll What a whirl。 From Greenland to Svalbard， over to Siberia。 Then Southeast Asia and Pacific islands。 Venice。 Over to Chile and don't forget your hat。 Everywhere the author went， he walked， talked and interviewed， bringing us a portrait of how ordinary people are coping or despairing in the face of climate change。 Ice melts and one man gets rich from mammoth tusks while another loses his home and hunting grounds。 Coral bleaches and islands see seawater rise through the land， into decay。 Fires follow drought or droughts blight crops。 Floods from glacial ice lakes or from storm surges wash away homes and family members。 Corrupt governments stall irrigation schemes or steal disaster response aid。 Brazil expansively destroys rainforest where people reside and trees store carbon for centuries， and sows grass for cattle。 Blockchain helps a beef factory see which meat is coming from legal sources。 Where will the people all live？ How will they live？ All the Bangladeshi rice farmers who can't grow rice on salty ground， and are not needed by new shrimp farms， don't have a way to make a living。 After the herd beasts die from drought in the Horn of Africa， some rain brings hope; then locusts descend。 Insurers try to find ways to enable farm investors to continue farming， while winemakers move experimental crops into previously inhospitable locations。 Bangladesh， which deforested 90% of its land and consequently experienced famine， now gets a tree planting great wall under way。 And up in Greenland， someone's mining titanium， now the shipping lanes are open four months of the year and counting。 "In the year before Joanna’s protest at its Manila office， Shell paid out more money to its shareholders than any other company in the world: $20 billion， comfortably beating second-placed Apple。 Its chief executive Ben van Beurden earned over $62，000 a day。 Such fantastic rewards were possible only because the full costs of Shell’s products were being shouldered by others， who would continue to bear them − along with people yet unborn − far into the future。"This excellent work of journalism， concluded during the pandemic， deserves a wide audience。 In the e-book， links under key phrases provide references。 Note P283 - 332 in my e-ARC。 No photos or graphs， but they may be yet to come in the final version。 And they would be welcomed。I read an e-ARC from Net Galley。 This is an unbiased review。 。。。more
Verity Halliday
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Race for Tomorrow is a great read about the efforts the human race is making to fix our planet before we utterly destroy it。 There was plenty of information about new scientific and technological advances which I wasn't aware of previously and this book took a long time for me to read and absorb because of the detail。The book gives what feels like a realistic view of the progress of the fight against climate change。 Mundy doesn't sugarcoat the bad news but also leaves me with a feeling that it's Race for Tomorrow is a great read about the efforts the human race is making to fix our planet before we utterly destroy it。 There was plenty of information about new scientific and technological advances which I wasn't aware of previously and this book took a long time for me to read and absorb because of the detail。The book gives what feels like a realistic view of the progress of the fight against climate change。 Mundy doesn't sugarcoat the bad news but also leaves me with a feeling that it's possible to turn it around if there's the political will to do so。A recommended read。Thanks to the author， publisher and NetGalley for providing a review copy in exchange for honest feedback。 。。。more
Laura Danks
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I absolutely loved Race for Tomorrow by Simon Mundy。 Well written， incredibly well researched， it's a book that connects the climate crisis to the life of people most impacted by it。I devoured it in two sittings unable to stop reading Mundy's telling about the impact of global warming in Siberia， Tibet and Greenland。 What I most admire of this book is that speaks about the people in a way that makes the abstract feels real and relevant。 An absolutely must-read - 5 stars ！！ I absolutely loved Race for Tomorrow by Simon Mundy。 Well written， incredibly well researched， it's a book that connects the climate crisis to the life of people most impacted by it。I devoured it in two sittings unable to stop reading Mundy's telling about the impact of global warming in Siberia， Tibet and Greenland。 What I most admire of this book is that speaks about the people in a way that makes the abstract feels real and relevant。 An absolutely must-read - 5 stars ！！ 。。。more
Aileen （Ailz） Grist
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