THE 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA Financial Times Most Anticipated Book of 2024Can a graphic novel save the planet Perhaps. Elizabeth KolbertIs this the end of the world Perhaps not. In this eyeopening hopeful and hugely entertaining bestseller a climate expert takes a leading graphic novelist on a journey to understand the profound changes that our planet is undergoing. The scientist JeanMarc Jancovici walks us through just about everything from the innermost workings of our minds to toothbrushes office jobs and oil ancient history and modern geopolitics economics and ecology the unfolding climate crisis and its consequences for us all. As he describes the world we live in a world whose future is deeply uncertain the artist Christophe Blain listens and draws.Coming face to face with global warming the unlikely duo along with Mother Nature Pop Eye and Jiminy Cricket among others create a picture of what the solution to our predicament actually looks like. Yes we have a fossilfuel problem but simply switching to renewable energy wont fix it. We can and must rethink everything our energy supply our economies and our whole world. They leave us with an inspiring vision of the future in which food education housing transport and communities in other words all of us work together and with a few technological fixes succeed in creating a world without end.Masterful and unforgettable... A testament to the power of the graphic novel Marjane Satrapi author of PersepolisREAD. THIS. BOOK. Eliza Griswold Pulitzer Prizewinning journalistOver 1 million copies sold since publication The Guardian October 2024