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Michael Mann
In this sweeping work of science and history, the renowned climate scientist and author of The New Climate War shows us the conditions on Earth that allowed humans not only…
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Jeff Goodell
A searing examination of the impact that temperature rise will have on our lives and what we can do to stop it, by the author of The Water Will Come.
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Annie Proulx
From Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx - whose novels are infused with her knowledge and deep concern for the earth - comes a riveting, revelatory history of our wetlands, their…
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Dr Rupert Read (University of East Anglia, UK)
Climate change and the destruction of the earth is the most urgent issue of our time. We are hurtling towards the end of civilisation as we know it. With an…
Justyn Walsh
Money talks, but it doesn't always tell the truth ...
Rohan Lloyd
An original and potent social history of the Great Barrier Reef
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James Hamilton-Paterson
James Hamilton-Paterson investigates the ‘innocent’ habits of consumers and how they contribute vastly to climate change.
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Penny van Oosterzee
A sweeping account of Australia's wet tropical rainforest country, from deep time to the legendary time of Australia's first peoples; from the killing times and maniacal destruction of the forests…
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Ben Wilson
Our modern-day cities might seem to represent our separation from the natural world. In fact, as Ben Wilson reveals in this captivating re-examination of urban landscapes around the world, nature…
The Carbon Almanac Network
Your complete guide to the undisputable facts of climate change, brought to you from hundreds of the world's leading environmental experts.
Aja Barber
Every item you buy remains on this planet in some form.
Alice Bell
Did you know the link between carbon dioxide and global warming was first suggested in the 1850s? Climate change books are usually about the future, but Our Biggest Experiment turns…
Joelle Gergis
A personal call to action from an Australian IPCC author.
Greta Thunberg
The world's leading climate activist has gathered over one hundred voices to tell the biggest story in the world
Ross Garnaut (ed.)
How Australia can become a leader in a world of zero net emissions
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Kristin Ohlson
A revelatory work about the many connections and helping behaviours among plants, fungi, microbes, and animals, and the implications of this reality for the way we manage our forests, wilderness…
Gaia Vince
An urgent investigation of the most underreported, seismic consequence of climate change: how it will force us to change where - and how - we live
We are facing a…
Claire O'Rourke
Inspiring stories about people around Australia who are taking action on climate change, helping create a better future for our children and for the planet, while at the same time…
Eugene Linden
The definitive history of the modern climate change era, from an award-winning writer who has been at the centre of the fight for more than thirty years
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Christiaan De Beukelaer
Almost everything you consume, from your weekly shop to the Christmas presents you ordered online, arrived by cargo ship. Shipping is the engine of the world economy, transporting 11 billion…
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Saul Griffith
The climate action plan to create new jobs and a healthier environment: electrify everything.
Steven Earle
A Brief History of the Earth’s Climate is an accessible, illustrated, myth-busting guide to the natural evolution of the Earth’s climate over 4.6 billion years, how and why human-caused global…
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McKinnon
Climate change is an ethical failure. Floods, fires, droughts, and extreme weather caused by climate change are already killing people and ruining lives on a massive scale. These avoidable impacts…
Dan Saladino
Industrial agriculture and the standardization of taste are not only wiping out many edible plants, but also the food cultures, histories and livelihoods that go with them.Inspired by a global…
Jeff Sparrow
A polemic about global warming and the environmental crisis that argues that ordinary people have consistently opposed the destruction of nature and so provide an untapped constituency for climate action.
Amitav Ghosh
From the bestselling author of the Ibis trilogy and The Great Derangement, The Nutmeg’s Curse is an enthralling, panoramic history of the influence of colonialism on the world today, told…
Scott Hamilton,Stuart Kells
Two insiders expose the shocking and shameful betrayal of Australia’s regional heartland so international bankers and traders could make a quick buck.
David Lindenmayer
A tribute to an extraordinary landscape now under severe threat. The exquisite photographs reveal the mountain ash forests of central Victoria to be one of Australia’s great natural treasures.
Gabrielle Chan
There is no farmers and others. If you eat or wear clothes, the decisions you make influence farming.
Jemma Wadham
The story of one woman’s passion for glaciers
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Julian Cribb
Every person on our planet is poisoned every day by our chemical emissions. Julian Cribb explains the scale of the threat to individuals, human society, and life on Earth. He…
Matthew Evans
The incredible story of what keeps the earth, and us, healthy
J. B. MacKinnon
We can’t stop shopping but we must stop shopping - the consumer dilemma that defines our lives and our future. This ground-breaking work of reporting and thought-experiment explores what would…
Nicola Harvey
Is it possible to survive as a new farmer and change the future of farming at the same time?
Ross Garnaut
We have unparalleled renewable energy resources. We also have the necessary scientific skills. Australia could be the natural home for an increasing proportion of global industry. But how do we…
Chris Goodall
What We Need To Do Now sets out a comprehensive programme of action to counter the threats to our environment. It is a manifesto for groups around the world that…
Rebecca Huntley
A self-help book for the climate era, for readers of Ross Garnaut, Tim Flannery, Hugh Mackay
Jeremy Williams
‘Will open the minds of even the most ardent denier of climate change and/or systemic racism. If there’s one book that will help you to be an effective activist for…
Jonica Newby
How do we find courage when climate change overwhelms us emotionally? In this magical, often funny and deeply moving true story, award-winning science reporter Jonica Newby explores how to navigate…
John Pickrell
Award-winning science writer John Pickrell investigates the effects of the 2019-2020 bushfires on Australian wildlife and ecosystems. Journeying across the firegrounds, Pickrell explores the stories of creatures that escaped the…
Bill Gates
One of the world’s greatest innovators and practical problem-solvers tackles the biggest global problem of our time.
Richard Beasley
A very angry book about our greatest environmental catastrophe… the death of the Murray-Darling Basin.
Michael E. Mann
A renowned climate scientist shows how fossil-fuel companies have waged a thirty-year campaign to deflect blame and responsibility and to delay action on climate change, and offers a battle plan…
Tim Flannery
An urgent and essential call to arms from one of Australia’s most respected climate scientists, Tim Flannery. A compelling and solution-focused declaration of the action required to win the climate…
John Freeman
Building from his acclaimed anthology Tales of Two Americas, beloved writer and editor John Freeman draws together some of our greatest writers from around the world to help us see…
A classic collection of the New Yorker’s most urgent and groundbreaking reporting from the front lines of the climate emergency
Charles Massy
Call of the Reed Warbler will change the way we farm, eat and think about food. In this groundbreaking book Charles Massy explores regenerative agriculture and the vital connection between…
Ketan Joshi
We’ve had a decade of distraction and inaction on climate change, but what made things go so very wrong in Australia? And what can the rest of the world learn…
