The Response

Wildfires burning dozens of houses in London. Downpours so severe they can drown people in basements. Record heatwaves paralysing our railways and hospitals. This sounds like fiction but isn’t. Our climate is turning far more hostile than many realise. Even in Britain, one of the richest nations in the world, we aren’t remotely ready. But it doesn’t have to be this way. There’s a lot we can do to protect ourselves.

This is the theme of my new book, The Response: A Story of Fire and Flood in Britain’s New World of Extremes.

Praise for The Response

‘Brilliant and compelling’

Tim Peake, astronaut

‘Gripping’

Peter Frankopan, author The Silk Roads

‘Read on and get ready’

Kate Raworth, founder of Doughnut Economics

‘A vital wake-up call for a world already on the climate frontlines. This is climate change stripped of rhetoric and abstraction, delivered at the painful ground level.’

Christiana Figueres, former UN climate chief

‘David Shukman is such a master storyteller…this is such an important book.’

Jon Sopel, Presenter, The News Agents

‘Humanity now needs to do something beneficial for all life on this planet. Is this actually the reason why we are on this divine planet at this time? Is this our moment as a species? David gives us a resounding answer, yes.’

Mark Rylance, actor

David Shukman was the BBC’s first Science Editor and is now an independent speaker, consultant and author.

As I received the first copies of The Response, what mattered most was seeing the dedication page.

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