Per Espen Stoknes – författare

”Vi håller på att nå en social tipping point. Fyra krafter – sociala rörelser, en ny ekonomisk logik, teknisk utveckling och politiskt handlande – håller redan på att knuffa samhället över en tippningspunkt som gör att vi hamnar i självförstärkande goda cirklar, i ”En jord för alla”-värld.”

För fem decennier sedan chockade boken Tillväxtens gränser världen genom att visa att befolkningsökning och industriell tillväxt hotade mänskligheten.

Idag inser allt fler att vi balanserar på randen till avgrunden: Jorden har passerat flera gränser för hållbarhet och en utbredd ojämlikhet orsakar instabilitet såväl på planeten som i samhället. Det är lätt att känna att det inte finns någon utväg. Finns någon väg framåt? En jord för alla är en hoppfull plan för en bättre framtid.

Genom att använda kraftfull datormodellering presenterar en ledande grupp forskare och ekonomer från hela världen fem vändpunkter som skulle möjliggöra välstånd för alla på jorden under en enda generation. En tydlig väg framåt för att starta om vårt globala ekonomiska system så att det fungerar både för människor och den plats vi lever på.

En jord för alla visar en djup vision för osäkra tider och en karta för en bättre framtid. Den är en överlevnadsguide för mänskligheten som är obligatorisk läsning för alla som är intresserade av livet på vår bräckliga planet.

Johan Rockström i TV4 Nyhetsmorgon

Författarna:Johan Rockström är chef för Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Han ledde det forskarlag som lade fram den inflytelserika idén om planetära gränser.

Sandrine Dixson-Declève är medordförande i Romklubben och har över trettio års erfarenhet av ledarskap inom klimat, hållbarhet, innovation och energi.

Owen Gaffney är strateg, författare, filmskapare och global hållbarhetsanalytiker vid Stockholm Resilience Centre och Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.

Jayati Ghosh är en internationellt erkänd utvecklingsekonom och professor vid University of Massachusetts.

Jørgen Randers är professor emeritus i klimatstrategi på Handelshøyskolen BI i Oslo och världsledande på skärningspunkterna mellan ekonomi, miljö och mänskligt välbefinnande. Han var en av författarna till Tillväxtens gränser 1972.

Per Espen Stoknes leder Center for Sustainability and Energy på Handelshøyskolen BI. Han var norsk riksdagsledamot 2017–2018.

“An extraordinary book at an extraordinary time”Ban Ki-moon

“Essential reading”Thomas Piketty

The economic operating system keeps crashing. It’s time to upgrade to a new one.

Five decades ago, The Limits to Growth shocked the world by showing that population and industrial growth were pushing humanity towards a cliff. Today the world recognizes that we are now at the cliff edge: Earth has crossed multiple planetary boundaries while widespread inequality is causing deep instabilities in societies. There seems to be no way out.

Earth For All is both an antidote to despair and a road map to a better future. Using powerful state-of-the-art computer modeling to explore policies likely to deliver the most good for the majority of people, a leading group of scientists and economists from around the world present five extraordinary turnarounds to achieve prosperity for all within planetary limits in a single generation. Coverage includes:

Written in an open, accessible, and inspirational style using clear language and high impact visuals, Earth For All is a profound vision for uncertain times and a map to a better future.

This survival guide for humanity is required reading for everyone concerned about living well on a fragile planet.

BOOK AWARDS

Why does knowing more mean believing—and doing—less? A prescription for change

The more facts that pile up about global warming, the greater the resistance to them grows, making it harder to enact measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare communities for the inevitable change ahead.

It is a catch-22 that starts, says psychologist and economist Per Espen Stoknes, from an inadequate understanding of the way most humans think, act, and live in the world around them. With dozens of examples—from the private sector to government agencies—Stoknes shows how to retell the story of climate change and, at the same time, create positive, meaningful actions that can be supported even by deniers.

In What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming, Stoknes not only masterfully identifies the five main psychological barriers to climate action, but addresses them with five strategies for how to talk about global warming in a way that creates action and solutions, not further inaction and despair.

These strategies work with, rather than against, human nature. They are social, positive, and simple—making climate-friendly behaviors easy and convenient. They are also story-based, to help add meaning and create community, and include the use of signals, or indicators, to gauge feedback and be constantly responsive.

Whether you are working on the front lines of the climate issue, immersed in the science, trying to make policy or educate the public, or just an average person trying to make sense of the cognitive dissonance or grapple with frustration over this looming issue, What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming moves beyond the psychological barriers that block progress and opens new doorways to social and personal transformation.

The economic operating system keeps crashing. It’s time to upgrade to a new one.

Five decades ago, The Limits to Growth shocked the world by showing that population and industrial growth were pushing humanity towards a cliff. Today the world recognizes that we are now at the cliff edge: Earth has crossed multiple planetary boundaries while widespread inequality is causing deep instabilities in societies. There seems to be no way out.

Earth For All is both an antidote to despair and a road map to a better future. Using powerful state-of-the-art computer modeling to explore policies likely to deliver the most good for the majority of people, a leading group of scientists and economists from around the world present five extraordinary turnarounds to achieve prosperity for all within planetary limits in a single generation. Coverage includes:

Written in an open, accessible, and inspirational style using clear language and high impact visuals, Earth For All is a profound vision for uncertain times and a map to a better future.

This survival guide for humanity is required reading for everyone concerned about living well on a fragile planet.

BOOK AWARDS

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