# List of climate change books

This is a list of climate change books that describe, as a major theme, the effects of human activity on climate change.

## Non-fiction

Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject that is presented as fact. This presentation may be accurate or not; that is, it can give either a true or a false account of the subject in question. However, it is generally assumed that the authors of such accounts believe them to be truthful at the time of their composition.
| Title | Theme(s) and subtheme(s) | Author(s) | Year(s) | ISBN(s) |
| What We Can't Burn: Friendship and Friction in the Fight for Our Energy Future | Climate change the energy transition climate activism | Eve Driver Tom Osborn | 2024 | ISBN 978-1-958510-03-2 |
| I’m A Climate Optimist: An Easy Guide to Lead a Sustainable Life | Climate Change | Aakash Ranison | 2023 | ISBN 978-0143460428 (IN) |
| An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming | Global warming: skepticism about impact | Nigel Lawson | 2008 | ISBN 978-0-7156-3786-9 (UK); ISBN 978-1-59020-084-1 (US) |
| Atlas of Our Changing Environment | Climate change | United Nations Environment Programme | 2005– | |
| The Carbon Age: How Life's Core Element Has Become Civilization's Greatest Threat | Climate change | Eric Roston | 2008 | ISBN 978-0-80271751-1 |
| The Carbon War: Global Warming and the End of the Oil Era | Global warming | Jeremy Leggett | 1999 | |
| This Changes Everything | Climate change: the impact of capitalism | Naomi Klein | 2014 | ISBN 978-1-45169738-4 |
| The Chilling Stars | Climate change: cosmic rays as major contributor | Henrik Svensmark and Nigel Calder | 2003; 2007 (updated) | ISBN 1-84046-815-7 |
| The Climate Book | Causes, effects and possible solutions to the climate crisis | Greta Thunberg and many others | 2022 | ISBN 978-0-241-54747-2 |
| Climate Capitalism: Capitalism in the Age of Climate Change | Climate change: efficient energy use and renewable energy | Hunter Lovins and Boyd Cohen | 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8090-3473-4 |
| Climate Change and Global Energy Security: Technology and Policy Options | Climate change mitigation and global energy security | Marilyn A. Brown and Benjamin K. Sovacool | 2011 | ISBN 978-0-262-01625-4 |
| Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand | Climate change denial | Haydn Washington and John Cook; foreword by Naomi Oreskes | 2011 | ISBN 978-1-84971-336-8 |
| Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action | Global warming: "sustainability emergency" | David Spratt and Philip Sutton | 2008 | ISBN 1-921372-20-6 |
| Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming | Global warming: high cost and low impact of countermeasures | Bjørn Lomborg | 2007 | ISBN 978-0-307-26692-7 |
| The Deniers: The world-renowned scientists who stood up against global warming hysteria, political persecution, and fraud | Global warming: denial by reputable scientists | Lawrence Solomon | 2008 | ISBN 978-0-9800763-1-8 |
| The Dirty Energy Dilemma: What’s Blocking Clean Power in the United States | Energy: four challenges and four solutions | Benjamin K. Sovacool | 2008 | |
| The Discovery of Global Warming | Global warming: history of scientific discoveries | Spencer R. Weart | 2003 | |
| Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming | Reference, scholarly work, list of solutions with estimated impact and costs | Paul Hawken | 2017 | ISBN 978-0-143-13044-4 |
| Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet | Climate change: statistics and causes | Bill McKibben | 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8050-9056-7 |
| The End of Energy Obesity: Breaking Today's Energy Addiction for a Prosperous and Secure Tomorrow | Energy: oil prices, economic growth, environmental law, renewable energy, and global recession | Peter Tertzakian | 2009 | |
| The End of Nature | Global warming: human manipulation of natural forces | Bill McKibben | 1989 | ISBN 0-8129-7608-8 |
| Energy and American Society: Thirteen Myths | Energy: counter-arguments to 13 propositions about US culture and the environment | Benjamin K. Sovacool and Marilyn A. Brown (editors) | 2007 | |
| Energy Autonomy: The Economic, Social & Technological Case for Renewable Energy | Energy: renewable energy commercialization | Hermann Scheer | 2006 | ISBN 1-84407355-6 |
| Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? | Climate change: modern developments | Bill McKibben | 2019 | |
| Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change | Climate change: causes and effects in various places on Earth | Elizabeth Kolbert | 2006 | ISBN 1-59691-125-5 |
| Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy | Energy: energy efficiency, renewable energy, and natural gas | Mark Diesendorf | 2007 | ISBN 978-0-86840-973-3 |
| Half Gone: Oil, Gas, Hot Air and the Global Energy Crisis | Energy: oil depletion and global warming | Jeremy Leggett | 2005 | |
| Hard Choices: Climate Change in Canada | Climate change: effects in Canada | Harold Coward and Andrew J. Weaver | 2004 | ISBN 978-0-88920442-3 |
| Heaven and Earth: Global Warming — The Missing Science | Global warming: dispute of scientific consensus on climate change | Ian Plimer | 2009 | ISBN 0-7043-7166-9 |
| Hell and High Water: Global Warming — the Solution and the Politics — and What We Should Do | Global warming: evidence for dire consequences of inaction | Joseph J. Romm | 2006 | ISBN 0-06-117212-X |
| High and Dry: John Howard, Climate Change and the Selling of Australia's Future | Global warming: industrial lobbyists in Australia | Guy Pearse | 2007 | |
| The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines | Climate change: hockey stick graph | Michael E. Mann | 2012 | ISBN 0-23115254-X |
| The Hockey Stick Illusion: Climategate and the Corruption of Science | Climate change: hockey stick graph and Climatic Research Unit email controversy | Andrew Montford | 2010 | ISBN 978-1-906768-35-5 |
| Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--And How It Can Renew America | Various themes: clean energy, globalization, and population growth | Thomas L. Friedman | 2008 | |
| How to Live a Low-Carbon Life: The Individual's Guide to Stopping Climate Change | Consumerism: reducing carbon footprint | Chris Goodall | 2007 | ISBN 978-1-84407426-6 |
| The Hype about Hydrogen: Fact and Fiction in the Race to Save the Climate | Climate change: clean energy, advanced vehicles, energy security, and greenhouse gas mitigation | Joseph J. Romm | 2004 | ISBN 1-55963-703-X; ISBN 1-55963-704-8 |
| An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It | Global warming: speed and extent documented with text and images | Al Gore | 2006 | ISBN 1-59486-567-1 |
| Klima Macht Geschichte: Menschheitsgeschichte als Abbild der Klimaentwicklung | Climate change | Kenneth J. Hsu | 2000 | |
| Living in the Hothouse: How Global Warming Affects Australia | Climate change: government policy in Australia | Ian Lowe | 2005 | |
| Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming | Global warming: comparisons with tobacco smoking, acid rain, and the ozone hole | Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway | 2010 | ISBN 978-1-59691-610-4 |
| Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis | Climate change: solutions (concentrated solar power, cogeneration, and biochar) | Al Gore | 2009 | |
| Plows, Plagues and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate | Various themes: agriculture, diseases, and fossil fuels | William Ruddiman | 2005 | |
| Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option | Various themes: energy policy, and arguments against nuclear power | Ian Lowe | 2007 | ISBN 978-1-86395-412-9 |
| The Real Global Warming Disaster (Is The Obsession With 'Climate Change' Turning Out To Be the Most Costly Scientific Blunder In History?) | Global warming: climate change denial from a denial perspective | Christopher Booker | 2009 | |
| Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth about Climate Change | Climate change: climate change denial from the perspective of climate change belief | Clive Hamilton | 2010 | ISBN 978-1-84971-081-7 |
| The Revenge of Gaia: Why the Earth is Fighting Back - and How we Can Still Save Humanity | Various themes | James Lovelock | 2007 | ISBN 0-14-102597-2 |
| Scorched: South Africa's Changing Climate | Climate change | Leonie Joubert | 2007 | |
| Scorcher: The Dirty Politics of Climate Change | Climate change: Kyoto Protocol and Australian politics | Clive Hamilton | 2007 | ISBN 978-0-9775949-0-0 |
| Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet | Climate change: effects from global temperature increasing by one to six degrees | Mark Lynas | 2007 | ISBN 978-0-00-720905-7 |
| Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming | Global warming: effect on hurricanes | Chris Mooney | 2007 | |
| Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity | Climate change: fossil fuels | James Hansen | 2009 | ISBN 978-1-60819-200-7 |
| Straight Up: America's Fiercest Climate Blogger Takes on the Status Quo Media, Politicians, and Clean Energy Solutions | Various themes: energy security, energy efficiency, green energy, and sustainable transport | Joseph J. Romm | 2010 | ISBN 1-59726-716-3 |
| Surviving the Century: Facing Climate Chaos and Other Global Challenges | Various themes: climate change, renewable energy commercialization, sustainable cities, and cradle-to-cradle design | Herbert Girardet | 2007 | |
| Taken By Storm: The Troubled Science, Policy and Politics of Global Warming | Global warming controversy: personalities and communication | Ross McKitrick and Christopher Essex | 2002 | ISBN 978-1-55263-946-7 |
| Ten Technologies to Save the Planet (first edition) or Ten Technologies to Fix Energy and Climate (second edition) | Various themes: technologies for reducing greenhouse gases | Chris Goodall | 2008 (first edition); 2009 (second edition) | ISBN 978-1-84668-868-3 |
| Twisted: The Distorted Mathematics of Greenhouse Denial | Climate change: environmental skepticism | Ian G. Enting | 2007 | ISBN 978-0-646-48012-1 |
| The Uninhabitable Earth. Life After Warming | Global warming | David Wallace-Wells | 2019 | ISBN 978-0-525-57670-9 (US) |
| Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years | Global warming: natural causes | S. Fred Singer and Dennis T. Avery | 2006 | ISBN 978-0-7425-5117-6 |
| The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change | Climate change: consequences of global warming | Tim Flannery | 2005 | ISBN 1-920885-84-6 |
| The Weather of the Future: Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes From a Climate-Changed Planet | Climate change: dangers from greenhouse gases from fossil fuels | Heidi Cullen | 2010 | |
| Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto | Various themes: climate change, urbanization, and biotechnology | Stewart Brand | 2009 | ISBN 978-0-670-02121-5 |
| Why We Disagree About Climate Change: Understanding Controversy, Inaction and Opportunity | Climate change: differing views from various disciplines | Mike Hulme | 2009 | ISBN 978-0-521-72732-7 |

## Fiction

| Title | Theme(s) | Author(s) | Year | ISBN(s) |
| The Helix | Cultivating our inner ability to create the world we want | Yasmeen Cohen | 2022 | ISBN 979-8-84881345-6 |
| The Forgotten Enemy | Climate change | Arthur C. Clarke | 1949 | |
| Mother of Storms | Climate change: giant hurricane caused by nuclear explosion | John Barnes | 1994 | ISBN 0-312-85560-5 |
| Fairhaven | Innovators, engineers, and visionaries struggle against the odds to bring climate solutions to Southeast Asia and to the world. | Genevieve Hilton (writing as Jan Lee) and Steve Willis | 2024 | ISBN 978-1-73908892-7 |