The 2084 Report

Fans of climate apocalypse fiction will be chilled by this convincing work. -- Publishers Weekly Remarkable....probably the most important literary work on climate change. -- The Herald Glasgow As the devastating impacts of climate change now become ever-more apparent, historian and expert storyteller James Powell delivers a vision of the planetary nightmare we face if we fail to act now on the defining challenge of our time, the challenge to avert catastrophic climate change. Read this book and be inspired to make a difference. --Michael E. Mann, Distinguished Professor, Penn State University and co-author of The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy These postcards from the future--dozens of them, as told to a historian in 2084 by scientists, a doctor, a priest, an ambassador, several politicians, a general, the last person ever born on Tuvalu, and others--demanded my full attention. They reminded me that every day counts. We have much to accomplish. --Edward Maibach, George Mason University Center for Climate Communication This is a sobering and scary (and fascinating) book--a look at where we're going if we don't quickly get our act together. And it's replete with clues about how we could indeed make the changes that would make this fiction, not prophecy. --Bill McKibben, New York Times bestselling author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? If the existential threat of climate chnage keeps you up at night, James Lawrence Powell's The 2084 Report will make you want to do everything in your power to elect leaders who will combat global warming and save our planet. -- Marie Claire [A] riveting oral history... Simultaneously fascinating and frightening, The 2084 Report will inspire you to start conversations and take action. -- Tor.com