World on the Edge
World on the Edge highlights critical environmental challenges and offers immediate solutions at this critical moment.
We're on the verge of a political and natural tipping point race. Can coal-fired power plants be shut down quickly enough to rescue the Greenland ice sheet and prevent catastrophic sea-level rise? Can we increase water production quickly enough to prevent aquifer depletion and food shortfalls caused by water scarcity? Is it possible to manage peak water and peak oil at the same time? In World on the Edge, Lester R. Brown deftly distils some of these challenges. He delivers the answers we need to reclaim our future, based on decades of research and analysis.
