How Are We Going to Explain This?

I'm not exaggerating when I say this is one of the most important books I've read this year.' -- Rutger Bregman, author of Utopia for Realists As a journalist, Jelmer Mommers has broken important stories about how we got in our current climate mess; as a thinker, he shows us there may still be some ways out, if we move with grace and speed. A fine account of where we stand, and where we could go if we wanted to!' -- Bill McKibben, author, environmentalist, and activist As more of humanity adjusts to living with crises - we need books like this, which tell us what we can do - from small steps to big ones - to find our way to a new normal. -- May Boeve, Executive Director 350.org and 350 Action Fund Jelmer Mommer's How Are We Going to Explain This provides a unique take on challenge to avert a climate crisis. It provides important insights into our dire situation, but it also sketches out a persuasive path forward. A must-read if you want to know where we stand and what we can and must still do! -- Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor, Penn State University and author of The Hockey Stick, the Climate Wars. and The Madhouse Effect Clear-eyed and compelling, this book is a much-needed antidote to despair; an inspiration to create the narrative our (grand)children will tell about how we forged a genuinely sustainable world. Read it and make it so! -- Peter C. Frumhoff PhD, Director of Science and Policy and Chief Climate Scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists A very interesting and important book, and it's nice that it doesn't depress you -- Georgina Verbaan, actress and writer Explaining the climate story clearly and convincingly: Jelmer Mommers can do it like no other. -- David Van Reybrouck, author of Congo This climate book is not only great to read, it also outlines a future that you want to be a part of. Inspiring! -- Philip Huff The first book on climate that doesn't make you feel like it's too late. There's something we can do, let's see this wonderfully fluently written book. -- Jill Peters, weather forecaster This is the book that needed to be written. -- Marjan Minnesma, Director of Urgenda Climate change is a story so often told in the future tense. But Mommers roots it firmly in the present. The problem, the consequences and the solution - right here, right now. -- Leo Hickman, editor of * Carbon Brief *