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Osseily Hanna analyzes the links between climate change, social and wealth inequalities, the Global North and Global South, and renewable and fossil energy based on his 6-year journey across 32 countries by documenting the testimonies of people who are affected by or fighting climate change, and who have devised ingenious local solutions to beat it.

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In Touring the Climate Crisis, Osseily Hanna brings home the thoroughly momentous scale of the problems that face us all and the tragedies that could come, while still proclaiming hope and faith in the human spirit. A vitally important book.--Ioan Grillo, author of El Narco and Blood Gun Money Osseily Hanna's six-year-long tour visited five continents to discover not only climate disruption but many other aspects of the human predicament as well. He witnessed ongoing human abuse of the natural world: losses and despoliation of resources from farmlands and forests to oceans; the extinction crisis; and the consequences for the human population's dependence on Nature's bounty. He recorded the contrast between the wasteful, overconsuming North and the struggling South, often through the voices of people he met along the way. For those who still wonder what all the fuss over environmental problems is about, this book will be an eye-opener. Those who know will nonetheless find new perspectives to consider.--Anne H. Ehrlich, Stanford University, coauthor of The Annihilation of Nature If you want to be a sincere activist, here you will find the two main things to always keep in mind: nobody is innocent, and we are running out of time. We must take a stand about our impact as human beings on Earth, and this book is a perfect starting point to understand that impact.--Emanuele Russo, chair of Amnesty International Italy

Average global temperatures rise while polar ice caps melt, sea levels ascend, wildfires rage, and animal species vanish. In his six-year trek around the globe, Hanna visits 32 countries, searching for solutions to the climate crisis. He interviews environmental activists and people affected by climate change. Hanna believes humans are pursuing a path of self-inflicted extinction, emphasizing pollution, famine, water shortage, a growing world population, epidemics, deforestation, and the squandering of resources. Consider that 88-million tons of food in the European Union are wasted yearly, yet many people there go hungry. Social and economic inequality are linked to climate change. In 2019, there were 26-million refugees and 79.5-million displaced people worldwide. He reviews useful remedies, including solar power, wind energy, ecological farming, and hydroelectric power.... Science, courage, resoluteness, and empathy must lead the charge against climate catastrophe. Time is not on our side.--Booklist In Touring the Climate Crisis, Osseily Hanna brings home the thoroughly momentous scale of the problems that face us all and the tragedies that could come, while still proclaiming hope and faith in the human spirit. A vitally important book.--Ioan Grillo, author of El Narco and Blood Gun Money Osseily Hanna's six-year-long tour visited five continents to discover not only climate disruption but many other aspects of the human predicament as well. He witnessed ongoing human abuse of the natural world: losses and despoliation of resources from farmlands and forests to oceans; the extinction crisis; and the consequences for the human population's dependence on Nature's bounty. He recorded the contrast between the wasteful, overconsuming North and the struggling South, often through the voices of people he met along the way. For those who still wonder what all the fuss over environmental problems is about, this book will be an eye-opener. Those who know will nonetheless find new perspectives to consider.--Anne H. Ehrlich, Stanford University, coauthor of The Annihilation of Nature If you want to be a sincere activist, here you will find the two main things to always keep in mind: nobody is innocent, and we are running out of time. We must take a stand about our impact as human beings on Earth, and this book is a perfect starting point to understand that impact.--Emanuele Russo, chair of Amnesty International Italy

Osseily Hanna's six-year-long tour visited five continents to discover not only climate disruption but many other aspects of the human predicament as well. He witnessed ongoing human abuse of the natural world: losses and despoliation of resources from farmlands and forests to oceans; the extinction crisis; and the consequences for the human population's dependence on Nature's bounty. He recorded the contrast between the wasteful, overconsuming North and the struggling South, often through the voices of people he met along the way. For those who still wonder what all the fuss over environmental problems is about, this book will be an eye-opener. Those who know will nonetheless find new perspectives to consider.--Anne H. Ehrlich, Stanford University, coauthor of The Annihilation of Nature If you want to be a sincere activist, here you will find the two main things to always keep in mind: nobody is innocent, and we are running out of time. We must take a stand about our impact as human beings on Earth, and this book is a perfect starting point to understand that impact.--Emanuele Russo, chair of Amnesty International Italy

"Average global temperatures rise while polar ice caps melt, sea levels ascend, wildfires rage, and animal species vanish. In his six-year trek around the globe, Hanna visits 32 countries, searching for solutions to the climate crisis. He interviews environmental activists and people affected by climate change. Hanna believes humans are pursuing a ""path of self-inflicted extinction,"" emphasizing pollution, famine, water shortage, a growing world population, epidemics, deforestation, and the squandering of resources. Consider that 88-million tons of food in the European Union are wasted yearly, yet many people there go hungry. Social and economic inequality are linked to climate change. In 2019, there were 26-million refugees and 79.5-million displaced people worldwide. He reviews useful remedies, including solar power, wind energy, ecological farming, and hydroelectric power.... Science, courage, resoluteness, and empathy must lead the charge against climate catastrophe. Time is not on our side. If you want to be a sincere activist, here you will find the two main things to always keep in mind: nobody is innocent, and we are running out of time. We must take a stand about our impact as human beings on Earth, and this book is a perfect starting point to understand that impact. In Touring the Climate Crisis, Osseily Hanna brings home the thoroughly momentous scale of the problems that face us all and the tragedies that could come, while still proclaiming hope and faith in the human spirit. A vitally important book. Osseily Hanna's six-year-long tour visited five continents to discover not only climate disruption but many other aspects of the human predicament as well. He witnessed ongoing human abuse of the natural world: losses and despoliation of resources from farmlands and forests to oceans; the extinction crisis; and the consequences for the human population's dependence on Nature's bounty. He recorded the contrast between the wasteful, overconsuming North and the struggling South, often through the voices of people he met along the way. For those who still wonder what all the fuss over environmental problems is about, this book will be an eye-opener. Those who know will nonetheless find new perspectives to consider."

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Osseily Hanna was born in London in 1978. He studied chemistry at King’s College London, followed by a master’s degree in computer science at the University of Hertfordshire. He is a bilingual English-Spanish speaker and has studied several languages. He gave up a successful career in global financial markets in 2011 to write his first book, Music and Coexistence, which has been published in five languages. Traveling the Climate Crisis is his second book.

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