Saving Earth: Climate Change and the Fight for Our Future

This nonfiction account traces climate science from nineteenth-century research on carbon dioxide and the atmosphere to warnings voiced by scientists in the 1950s. It examines later advances in knowledge and efforts to build public awareness and political responses at national and global levels. The book also addresses action, compromise, resistance, and inaction by leaders. Its discussion of climate activism emphasizes Black, Indigenous, and other people of color, including young people.