Bill Gates
2023-11-21當漢娜・瑞奇（Hannah Ritchie）在2010年抵達愛丁堡大學時，她滿懷熱忱，渴望學習如何解決世界上最重大的挑戰。但在接下來的四年裡，透過大學課程和持續關注新聞，她逐漸確信——那些最關乎存亡的環境問題只會變得越來越糟。如同許多人，也包括許多當今的氣候行動者一樣，她相信自己「正經歷人類史上最悲慘的時期」。到她取得環境地球科學學位畢業時，瑞奇已經準備好要徹底轉換職涯跑道。
幸好，她先遇到了漢…
Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
This "eye-opening and essential" book (Bill Gates) will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems—and explains how we can solve them. It’s become common to tell kids that they’re going to die from climate change. We are constantly bombarded by doomsday headlines that tell us the soil won’t be able to support crops, fish will vanish from our oceans, and that we should reconsider having children. But in this bold, radically hopeful book, data scientist Hannah Ritchie argues that if we zoom out, a very different picture emerges. In fact, the data shows we’ve made so much progress on these problems that we could be on track to achieve true sustainability for the first time in human history. Did you know that: Carbon emissions per capita are actually down Deforestation peaked back in the 1980s The air we breathe now is vastly improved from centuries ago And more people died from natural disasters a hundred years ago? Packed with the latest research, practical guidance, and enlightening graphics, this book will make you rethink almost everything you’ve been told about the environment. Not the End of the World will give you the tools to understand our current crisis and make lifestyle changes that actually have an impact. Hannah cuts through the noise by outlining what works, what doesn’t, and what we urgently need to focus on so we can leave a sustainable planet for future generations. These problems are big. But they are solvable. We are not doomed. We can build a better future for everyone. Let’s turn that opportunity into reality.