Necesidad de una política de la Tierra

The Need for an Earth Policy, by Antxon Olabe, addresses a problem that is in the international spotlight: the climate change crisis and the devastating consequences it is having on our planet. The disappearance of sea ice in the Arctic, Greenland and Antarctica, the melting of Siberian permafrost, the decrease in the carbon sink capacity of forests and soils, the increasing bacterial respiration of the oceans, the possible collapse of the Amazon or the degradation of boreal forests are some of the processes that, today, are more reality than fiction. 'Getting involved in the response to the climate crisis has been the mission of my adult life,' explains the author. The world is heading towards a new energy order, and that requires thinking about the 21st century from the climatic and ecological emergency, because the climate crisis has only made it clear that it is a cultural problem, a way of being in the world of a civilization that has conceived its relationship with nature, the Earth and its biosphere in terms of domination and predation instead of preservation, care and interdependence. With exhaustive knowledge and information, Olabe offers us a very interesting book, essential reading to get to know in depth this serious problem that climate change entails and that requires a first-rate response from the main world powers.