The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet

The Heat Will Kill You First is a next big idea book that explores the impact of rising temperatures on our lives and planet. It is a must-read for anyone interested in climate change and its effects.

Format: Hardback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 27 July 2023
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Most Anticipated Book by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times
A Next Big Idea Book Club Selection
The New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice
Jeff Goodell's masterful, bracing (David Wallace-Wells) investigation exposes through stellar reporting, artful storytelling, and fascinating scientific explanations (Naomi Klein) an explosive new understanding of heat and the impact that rising temperatures will have on our lives and on our planet.
Entertaining and thoroughly researched, (Al Gore), it will completely change the way you see the world, and despite its urgent themes, is injected with eternal optimism (Michael Mann) on how to combat one of the most important issues of our time.
When heat comes, it's invisible. It doesn't bend tree branches or blow hair across your face to let you know it's arrived.
The sun feels like the barrel of a gun pointed at you.
The world is waking up to a new reality: wildfires are now seasonal in California, the Northeast is getting less and less snow each winter, and the ice sheets in the Arctic and Antarctica are melting fast.
Heat is the first order threat that drives all other impacts of the climate crisis.
And as the temperature rises, it is revealing fault lines in our governments, our politics, our economy, and our values.
The basic science is not complicated: Stop burning fossil fuels tomorrow, and the global temperature will stop rising tomorrow.
Stop burning fossil fuels in 50 years, and the temperature will keep rising for 50 years, making parts of our planet virtually uninhabitable.
It's up to us.
The hotter it gets, the deeper and wider our fault lines will open.
The Heat Will Kill You First
is about the extreme threat of climate change and the urgent need for action to prevent it.
Goodell's reporting is thorough and compelling, taking readers on a journey from the Arctic to the Amazon, from the halls of power in Washington to the front lines of climate activism.
He weaves together a complex web of scientific research, political analysis, and personal stories to shed light on the urgent need for global cooperation and collective action to address the climate crisis.
The book also offers a hopeful vision of a future where humans can thrive in a warming world, through sustainable practices, renewable energy, and a shift towards a more just and equitable society.
Overall, The Heat Will Kill You First is a powerful and essential read for anyone who cares about the future of our planet and the well-being of future generations.
It is a call to action that cannot be ignored.

Weight: 600g
Dimension: 238 x 154 x 38 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780316497572