There Is No Planet B by Mike Berners-Lee

Professor Sam Fankhauser, Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. He co-ordinates the Global Futures event series which are freely open to all and explore big global challenges in multidisciplinary ways. He is a professor at Lancaster University’s Institute for Social Futures, where his research includes sustainable food systems and carbon metrics. He is also author of How Bad Are Bananas? The Carbon Footprint of Everything and The Burning Question. Mike Berners-Lee is founder of Small World Consulting, which advises both small and large companies on sustainability.

But what is most pressing, what are the knock-on effects of our actions, and what should we do first? Should we all become vegetarian? Can we continue to fly? Should we allow fracking? How can we control technology? Does it all come down to population growth? Berners-Lee argues that there are things we can do, and he offers some practical advice and inspiring ideas for what we can all do to help humanity thrive.Ĭopies of Mike Berners-Lee’s new book There is no Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years are available for sale from the publisher. Sustainability expert Mike Berners-Lee looks at the big environmental challenges facing Earth and offers some guidance on what we can all do to help humanity thrive on our only planet.įeeding the world, climate change, biodiversity, antibiotics, plastics – the list of concerns seems endless. See also the Foodsource chapter Impacts of climatic and environmental change on food systems.The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Department of Geography and Environment present a talk by Mike Berners-Lee. There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years. And you'll find practical and even inspiring ideas for what you can actually do to help humanity thrive on this – our only – planet.īerners-Lee, M., 2019. This book will shock you, surprise you - and then make you laugh. For the first time you'll find big-picture perspective on the environmental and economic challenges of the day laid out in one place, and traced through to the underlying roots - questions of how we live and think. There is No Planet B maps it out in an accessible and entertaining way, filled with astonishing facts and analysis. But what is most pressing, what are the knock-on effects of our actions, and what should we do first? Do we all need to become vegetarian? How can we fly in a low-carbon world? Should we frack? How can we take control of technology? Does it all come down to population? And, given the global nature of the challenges we now face, what on Earth can any of us do? Fortunately, Mike Berners-Lee has crunched the numbers and plotted a course of action that is practical and even enjoyable. Feeding the world, climate change, biodiversity, antibiotics, plastics - the list of concerns seems endless.

There Is No Planet B by Mike Berners-Lee