Hope and Courage in the Climate Crisis

John Wiseman is a research fellow at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute and the Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne, Australia. His current research and policy work focuses on strategies for restoring a safe climate and accelerating the transition to a just and resilient zero-carbon society.

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Facing a harsh climate with eyes wide open.- Chapter 2. Beyond denial and despair: Honesty and action on the climate change front line.- Chapter 3. Remembering magnificence: The power of collective action and the beauty of the Earth.- Chapter 4. Caring for country: Indigenous and First Nations learning about survival, resilience and resistance.- Chapter 5. Cooling the fevered city: Reason and hubris in Greek and Enlightenment philosophy.- Chapter 6. Sisyphus in flames: Critical theory, modernity and power.- Chapter 7. Mercy to all beings: Christian, Jewish and Islamic learning about thankfulness, love and care.- Chapter 8. This world is but a dew drop world….and yet….Buddhist, Taoist and Confucian learning about suffering, impermanence and compassion.- Chapter 9. Living ecologically: Understanding and respecting complexity and interdependence.- Chapter 10. How the light gets in: Imagining and creating just and resilient zero-carbon worlds.- Chapter 11. The2050 Zero-Carbon World Oration.- Chapter 12. The laughter of children, the roar of the ocean.