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196 Seiten
Englisch
Penguin Books UKerscheint am24.10.2024
THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER*A Financial Times Most Anticipated Book of 2024* Can a graphic novel save the planet? Perhaps. - Elizabeth KolbertIs this the end of the world? Perhaps not. In this eye-opening, hopeful and hugely entertaining bestseller, a climate expert takes a leading graphic novelist on a journey to understand the profound changes that our planet is undergoing. The scientist, Jean-Marc Jancovici, walks us through just about everything: from the innermost workings of our minds to toothbrushes, office jobs, and oil; ancient history and modern geopolitics; economics and ecology; the unfolding climate crisis and its consequences for us all. As he describes the world we live in - a world whose future is deeply uncertain - the artist, Christophe Blain, listens and draws.Coming face to face with global warming, the unlikely duo - along with Mother Nature, Pop Eye and Jiminy Cricket, among others - create a picture of what the solution to our predicament actually looks like. Yes, we have a fossil-fuel problem, but simply switching to renewable energy won´t fix it. We can and must rethink everything: our energy supply, our economies and our whole world. They leave us with an inspiring vision of the future in which food, education, housing, transport and communities - in other words, all of us - work together and, with a few technological fixes, succeed in creating a world without end. Masterful and unforgettable... A testament to the power of the graphic novel" - Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis READ. THIS. BOOK. - Eliza Griswold, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalistmehr
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KlappentextTHE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER*A Financial Times Most Anticipated Book of 2024* Can a graphic novel save the planet? Perhaps. - Elizabeth KolbertIs this the end of the world? Perhaps not. In this eye-opening, hopeful and hugely entertaining bestseller, a climate expert takes a leading graphic novelist on a journey to understand the profound changes that our planet is undergoing. The scientist, Jean-Marc Jancovici, walks us through just about everything: from the innermost workings of our minds to toothbrushes, office jobs, and oil; ancient history and modern geopolitics; economics and ecology; the unfolding climate crisis and its consequences for us all. As he describes the world we live in - a world whose future is deeply uncertain - the artist, Christophe Blain, listens and draws.Coming face to face with global warming, the unlikely duo - along with Mother Nature, Pop Eye and Jiminy Cricket, among others - create a picture of what the solution to our predicament actually looks like. Yes, we have a fossil-fuel problem, but simply switching to renewable energy won´t fix it. We can and must rethink everything: our energy supply, our economies and our whole world. They leave us with an inspiring vision of the future in which food, education, housing, transport and communities - in other words, all of us - work together and, with a few technological fixes, succeed in creating a world without end. Masterful and unforgettable... A testament to the power of the graphic novel" - Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis READ. THIS. BOOK. - Eliza Griswold, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-241-66194-9
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2024
Erscheinungsdatum24.10.2024
Seiten196 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht1178 g
Artikel-Nr.60293759

Inhalt/Kritik

Kritik
World Without End is a testament to the power of the graphic novel and a singular work of environmental activism. Through its whip-smart designs, accessible research, and fearless commentary, this book invites readers of all backgrounds to join the climate change conversation-and demands that they feel anything but ambivalence. Masterful and unforgettable Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolismehr

Autor

Christophe Blain is an award-winning artist best known for the series Gus and Quai d'Orsay, for which he won the Best Album Award at Angoulême in 2013.

Jean-Marc Jancovici is an engineering consultant, energy and climate expert, professor, conference speaker, writer, and independent columnist. He is co-founder of the Carbone 4 consultancy firm, and the president of the think-tank The Shift Project.