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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 3.99 — 30,687 ratings — published 2019
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.16 — 28,587 ratings — published 2014
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All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.40 — 6,728 ratings — published 2020
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.49 — 193,743 ratings — published 2013
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The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.05 — 7,215 ratings — published 2020
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Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,437 ratings — published 2017
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.15 — 83,013 ratings — published 2014
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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 3.84 — 28,402 ratings — published 2019
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The Ministry for the Future The Ministry for the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 3.86 — 46,506 ratings — published 2020
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.11 — 51,961 ratings — published 2021
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The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.04 — 6,254 ratings — published 2016
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The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,462 ratings — published 2022
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline How to Blow Up a Pipeline (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 3.92 — 9,718 ratings — published 2021
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Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.49 — 10,475 ratings — published 2020
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We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 3.69 — 17,762 ratings — published 2019
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The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,149 ratings — published 2021
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Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.09 — 13,686 ratings — published 2021
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The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.13 — 7,544 ratings — published 2020
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The Overstory The Overstory (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.10 — 212,017 ratings — published 2018
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The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.29 — 8,644 ratings — published 2023
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The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,321 ratings — published 2021
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Migrations Migrations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.10 — 122,448 ratings — published 2020
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Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.16 — 16,735 ratings — published 2017
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On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal
by (shelved 10 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.16 — 6,596 ratings — published 2019
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This Is Not a Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook This Is Not a Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,165 ratings — published 2019
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The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,327 ratings — published 2022
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Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.28 — 2,869 ratings — published 2021
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Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.17 — 8,469 ratings — published 2010
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Losing Earth: A Recent History Losing Earth: A Recent History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,326 ratings — published 2018
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Wild Dark Shore Wild Dark Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.04 — 673,859 ratings — published 2025
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Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.32 — 12,968 ratings — published 2023
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Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,128 ratings — published 2023
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The Deluge The Deluge (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.23 — 7,217 ratings — published 2023
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Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 3.89 — 801 ratings — published 2022
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The Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal: The Political Economy of Saving the Planet The Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal: The Political Economy of Saving the Planet (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,649 ratings — published 2020
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Silent Spring Silent Spring (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.07 — 57,756 ratings — published 1962
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Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,684 ratings — published 2014
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The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.27 — 4,055 ratings — published 2023
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Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 3.94 — 496 ratings — published
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The End of the Ocean (Climate Quartet, #2) The End of the Ocean (Climate Quartet, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 3.70 — 17,527 ratings — published 2017
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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.18 — 304,126 ratings — published 1993
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Our House Is on Fire: Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis Our House Is on Fire: Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 3.72 — 5,299 ratings — published 2018
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The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 3.99 — 522 ratings — published 2024
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The High House The High House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 3.94 — 3,770 ratings — published 2021
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The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.21 — 25,725 ratings — published 2021
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A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.49 — 36,899 ratings — published 2020
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The Future Earth: A Radical Vision for What's Possible in the Age of Warming The Future Earth: A Radical Vision for What's Possible in the Age of Warming (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 3.44 — 1,067 ratings — published 2020
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Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.05 — 4,959 ratings — published 2006
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Weather Weather (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 3.53 — 41,038 ratings — published 2020
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On Time and Water On Time and Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as climate-crisis)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,999 ratings — published 2019
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“Puoluemuodon intohimoinen sanansaattaja Andreas Malm on etsinyt ilmastoliikkeille oppitunteja neuvostoliittolaisen bolševismin historiasta. Malm näkee tilanteessamme yhtäläisyyksiä ensimmäisen maailmansodan loppupuolen tsaari-Venäjään, joka kärsi joukosta lomittaisia kriisejä. Malm samastaa ilmastonmuutoksen vaatimat toimet bolševikkijohtaja Vladimir Leninin huudattamaan vallankumoukseen, josta tämä kirjoittaa vuonna 1917 julkaistussa tekstissään ”Uhkaava katastrofi ja kuinka sitä vastaan on taisteltava”.³⁷² Kirjoituksessaan Lenin varoittaa Venäjää uhkaavasta nälänhädästä. Sotatoimet olivat epävakauttaneet koko valtion, johtaneet miljoonien kuolemiin, tuhonneet maan rautatieinfrastruktuurin ja pysäyttäneet teollisuuden. Jos jotain ei tapahtuisi pian, yltyisi katastrofi entisestään. Muiden aikansa sosialistien tapaan Lenin näki valtioiden valtavat sota-ajan edesottamukset ja kysyi, miksei niitä voitaisi käyttää myös rauhanaikana. Eikö valtavaa resurssien ja talouden tarkoituksenmukaista liikekannallepanoa voisi hyödyntää myös nälänhädän torjumiseen, ei vain toisten maiden työläisten tappamiseen? Valtion rakentamat koneistot oli nyt valjastettava katastrofien torjumiseen niiden tuottamisen sijaan.

Tässä Malm näkee yhtäläisyyden bolševikkien ja oman tilanteemme välillä. Eikö meidänkin ensisijainen tavoitteemme ole kapitalistisen helvetinkoneen kääntäminen pois elämän ennakkoehtojen tuhoamisesta kohti rakentavia tavoitteita? Jos näin on, pitää Malm myös Leninin johtopäätöstä sopivasta toiminnan mallista selvänä: horisontaaliset ja spontaanit kokeilut on hylättävä. Niiden sijaan on omaksuttava kurinalainen järjestysmuoto, joka kykenee ottamaan valtion haltuun ja kukistamaan ympäristöliikkeen viholliset.

Malm kuitenkin huomauttaa, ettei tähän kykeneviä organisaatioita enää varsinaisesti ole. 1900-luvun massapuolueet, joiden kannatus ulottui satamatyöläisistä armeijaan ja valtion virastoihin, ovat kadonneet historian tuuliin.³⁷⁴ Käytännössä Malm päätyy siis tukemaan toiminnan muotoa, jonka väkivaltaiset tulokset tunnemme ja jonka historialliset ennakkoehdot eivät välttämättä tällä hetkellä täyty. Pakko on Malmin mukaan kuitenkin tilanteemme sanelema: eko-leninismi tai katastrofi. Valitkaa te.

Malmin esittämä kahtiajako on toisin sanottuna epärehellinen. Ensinnäkin historiallisessa tehtävässään epäonnistunut, autoritääriseksi väkivaltakoneistoksi typistynyt reaalisosialismi asetetaan katastrofin kanssa vastakkain, vaikka se saattaisi yhtä hyvin edustaa uudenlaista katastrofia. Tämän lisäksi sen saavuttamisen ennakkoehdot ovat jopa Malmin itsensä mukaan ulottumattomissa. Malmin meille esittämä valinta on siis mahdottoman puoluebyrokraattisen tyrannian ja vääjäämättömän ekokatastrofin välillä. Vähemmästäkin saattaa vaipua epätoivoon.”
― Jooseppi Räikkönen, Palavan maailman politiikka

Robert Macfarlane
“Has the water died?’ asks Will. He is only nine. It is painful for him to see this. He understands that there is something very wrong here, though he cannot name it. Something in the old power of this place, and its new injury, troubles him deeply.
‘No, of course not,’ I say, but my certainty is a deceit. As we leave the wood we see an egret, white as a slice of snow, standing stone-still in the exhausted outflow channel, as if its patience might somehow summon back the water’s life.”
― Robert Macfarlane

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