Plan for the planet
Ian Chambers and John Humble / Gower / Paperback £19.99 /
ISBN 978-1-4094-4589-0
This book examines the various potential threats to global civilisation, including climate change, energy, water, poverty, and finance, and advocates an interconnected plan to address them.
The authors describe their plan and how governments, businesses and individuals can take part, which is certainly an interesting approach.
Case studies detail how different countries and organisations have approached countering some of the threats and provide insightful examples of where the advocated methodology has been used successfully in the past. Meanwhile, the illustrations included are particularly useful in elucidating the barrage of statistics.
I recommend this book to anyone who wishes to understand the global threats we face and it should certainly be read by those who operate at the macro level.
The statistics included in the book will potentially be most useful for those operating within organisations in engaging stakeholders with sustainability issues. If we, as a planet and a species, do become truly interconnected this book will show, from a sustainable perspective, the way to deal with global threats.
Review by Andrew Fletcher, director at consultancy ESP
