WORLD WITHOUT END

THE 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A Financial Times Most Anticipated Book of 2024 Can a graphic novel save the planet Perhaps Elizabeth Kolbert Is this the end of the world Perhaps not In this eye opening hopeful and hugely entertaining bestseller a climate expert takes a leading graphic novelist on a journey to understand the profound changes that our planet is undergoing The scientist Jean Marc Jancovici walks us through just about everything from the innermost workings of our minds to toothbrushes office jobs and oil ancient history and modern geopolitics economics and ecology the unfolding climate crisis and its consequences for us all As he describes the world we live in a world whose future is deeply uncertain the artist Christophe Blain listens and draws Coming face to face with global warming the unlikely duo along with Mother Nature Pop Eye and Jiminy Cricket among others create a picture of what the solution to our predicament actually looks like Yes we have a fossil fuel problem but simply switching to renewable energy won t fix it We can and must rethink everything our energy supply our economies and our whole world They leave us with an inspiring vision of the future in which food education housing transport and