num_pages: 224
description: Deforestation. Desertification. Species extinction. Global warming. Growing threats to food and water. The driving issues of our times are the result of one huge Us. As the population continues to grow our problems will increase. And this means that every way we look at it a planet of ten billion people is likely to be a nightmare. Stephen Emmott a scientist whose lab is at the forefront of research into complex natural systems sounds the alarm. TEN BILLION is a snapshot of our planet and our species approaching a crisis and a stark analysis of where this leaves us. TEN BILLION is not another climate book. TEN BILLION is a book about us.
language: English
title: Ten Billion
publisher: Vintage