A Bill Gates, Financial Times, Sunday Times BOOK OF THE YEAR
'Pragmatic and undoomy' GUARDIAN
'Essential reading' RUTGER BREGMAN
'Read this book -- now' MARK LYNAS
We can't afford to delay climate action, but with all the shouting and disagreement it's hard to know where to turn. In her new book, bestselling environmental star Hannah Ritchie answers 50 key climate questions once and for all, clearing the air so we can get on and fix things.
Q: Aren't our efforts pointless if China's emissions keep growing? A: Experts believe China's emissions
could peak within the next few years.
Q: Surely we don't have enough land for everyone to go plant-based? A: If this happened we'd actually free up land currently used to produce animal feed.
Q: Isn't nuclear power dangerous? A: Nuclear power is in fact far safer than fossil fuels.
Q: Isn't it already too late? A: Every tenth of a degree matters. There's no point at which it's too late.
Now fully updated for paperback
'An antidote to the bewildering and contradictory arguments with which we are bombarded… A breath of fresh air' Sunday Times, Books of the Year
'This highly readable book has all the facts you need' Financial Times, Books of the Year
| ISBN: | 9781529939415 |
| Publication date: | 3rd September 2026 |
| Author: | Hannah Ritchie |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 304 pages |
| Genres: |
Climate change Ethical issues and debates Green politics / ecopolitics / environmentalism Conservation of the environment |
A Bill Gates, Financial Times, Sunday Times BOOK OF THE YEAR
'Pragmatic and undoomy' GUARDIAN
'Essential reading' RUTGER BREGMAN
'Read this book -- now' MARK LYNAS
We can't afford to delay climate action, but with all the shouting and disagreement it's hard to know where to turn. In her new book, bestselling environmental star Hannah Ritchie answers 50 key climate questions once and for all, clearing the air so we can get on and fix things.
Q: Aren't our efforts pointless if China's emissions keep growing? A: Experts believe China's emissions
could peak within the next few years.
Q: Surely we don't have enough land for everyone to go plant-based? A: If this happened we'd actually free up land currently used to produce animal feed.
Q: Isn't nuclear power dangerous? A: Nuclear power is in fact far safer than fossil fuels.
Q: Isn't it already too late? A: Every tenth of a degree matters. There's no point at which it's too late.
Now fully updated for paperback
'An antidote to the bewildering and contradictory arguments with which we are bombarded… A breath of fresh air' Sunday Times, Books of the Year
'This highly readable book has all the facts you need' Financial Times, Books of the Year
Clearing the Air features in the following genres: Climate change, Ethical issues and debates, Green politics / ecopolitics / environmentalism, Conservation of the environment
Clearing the Air is available in Paperback, Hardback
Clearing the Air was written by Hannah Ritchie and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
Clearing the Air has 304 pages
£11.69