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Breaking Boundaries

The Science of Our Planet

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Breaking Boundaries

By: Owen Gaffney, Johan Rockström
Narrated by: Matt Addis
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On the brink of a critical moment in human history, this audiobook presents a vision of 'planetary stewardship' - a rethinking of our relationship with our planet - and plots a new course for our future.

The authors, whose work is the subject of a new Netflix documentary released in summer 2021 and narrated by Sir David Attenborough, reveal the full scale of the planetary emergency we face - but also how we can stabilise Earth's life support system.

The necessary change is within our power if we act now.

In 2009, scientists identified nine planetary boundaries that keep Earth stable, ranging from biodiversity to ozone. Beyond these boundaries lurk tipping points. To stop short of these tipping points, the 2020s must see the fastest economic transition in history.

This audiobook demonstrates how societies are reaching positive tipping points that make this transition possible: activism groups such as Extinction Rebellion, or the schoolchildren led by Greta Thunberg demand political action, countries are committing to eliminating greenhouse gas emissions and one tipping point has even already passed - the price of clean energy has dropped below that of fossil fuels.

Inside the audiobook of this scientifically-led publication, world-leading climate-change experts explain the greatest crisis humanity has ever faced.

  • Expert-authored text in an accessible style for both adults and children ages 14 and above.
  • A breakdown of the nine planetary boundaries for relative stability on Earth, ranging from biodiversity to the ozone layer.
  • An exploration of climate 'tipping points' - good and bad.

Authors: Johan Rockström is a leading global sustainability scientist and chief scientist at Conservation International. He has published several books, presented three TED talks and, other than the Netflix/WWF production Our Planet, he has worked with James Cameron, Leonardo DiCaprio and others on several major films and TV productions.

Owen Gaffney is a science writer, journalist and global sustainability expert who co-founded the Future Earth Media Lab and Rethink Earth. A regular writer for New Scientist, he is also on the editorial board of Anthropocene Magazine.

©2021 Owen Gaffney, Johan Rockström (P)2021 DK Audio
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An important subject but a disappointing delivery.

The main issue I have with this book is that it's very repetitive. If you took out all the sentences explaining how we're causing a domino effect, hurtling towards the precipice of a cliff, and how we need to change our economic approach to life, then the book would be half as long as it is. This book needs to be more about the science, as the front cover boasts, and less about pushing the agenda, which it does too much of. It's likely that the majority of people, at least, who are interested in this book know all too well about the environmental concerns our future faces, and want to know more about the details. Interwoven between the agenda pushing there are useful facts and figures, but they could be set out in a clearer way, as in the Netflix documentary, which is much better than the book. It would have been far better to have an introduction followed by 9 chapters on each of the planetary boundaries - boundary explanation, boundary limits and current data, potential solutions - titled as such, followed by a concluding chapter. The narrator does speak clearly and at a good pace, but I found his voice to sound...I don't know...condescending, maybe? Certainly irritating, after a few hours. It's not a terrible book, but there are better ways to find out more on this subject.

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