'Quick-fix solutions and simplified blame games are, unfortunately, still rife in global efforts to combat complex development and sustainability problems. If, like me, you've often wondered what is wrong with these narratives, why they continue to be regurgitated so fervently and how to move beyond them, read this wonderful, pithy book by Mette Fog Olwig. It will be your clear-eyed guide to recognize false distractions and, instead, focus more effectively on valuable grounded realities.' Bram Büscher, Wageningen University

• 1. Introduction: a bit too simple?; 2. Crisis, a call to action: the making of floods into disasters; 3. Villains, victims and heroes: the cast of characters and their roles in environmental decline; 4. Solutions: how trees became the answer to climate change; 5. For-profit characters and storylines: sustainability superheroes and profitable redemption; 6. Conclusion: mobilizing grounded stories; References.

'Quick-fix solutions and simplified blame games are, unfortunately, still rife in global efforts to combat complex development and sustainability problems. If, like me, you've often wondered what is wrong with these narratives, why they continue to be regurgitated so fervently and how to move beyond them, read this wonderful, pithy book by Mette Fog Olwig. It will be your clear-eyed guide to recognize false distractions and, instead, focus more effectively on valuable grounded realities.' Bram Büscher, Wageningen University

• 1. Introduction: a bit too simple?; 2. Crisis, a call to action: the making of floods into disasters; 3. Villains, victims and heroes: the cast of characters and their roles in environmental decline; 4. Solutions: how trees became the answer to climate change; 5. For-profit characters and storylines: sustainability superheroes and profitable redemption; 6. Conclusion: mobilizing grounded stories; References.

'Quick-fix solutions and simplified blame games are, unfortunately, still rife in global efforts to combat complex development and sustainability problems. If, like me, you've often wondered what is wrong with these narratives, why they continue to be regurgitated so fervently and how to move beyond them, read this wonderful, pithy book by Mette Fog Olwig. It will be your clear-eyed guide to recognize false distractions and, instead, focus more effectively on valuable grounded realities.' Bram Büscher, Wageningen University

• 1. Introduction: a bit too simple?; 2. Crisis, a call to action: the making of floods into disasters; 3. Villains, victims and heroes: the cast of characters and their roles in environmental decline; 4. Solutions: how trees became the answer to climate change; 5. For-profit characters and storylines: sustainability superheroes and profitable redemption; 6. Conclusion: mobilizing grounded stories; References.