Climate Migrants:On the Move in a Warming World

Reviewed by: Kathy George - Gray Public Library, Gray, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: January 9, 2018

Review

"2015 was the hottest year on record for the planet. By 2015, thirteen of the hottest years on record have occurred since 2000. Climate change is like a speeding train. It has so much momentum that even slamming on the brakes won't instantly bring it to a stop." The news reports it each day from every corner of the planet. Fires claim thousands of acres, floods destroy both property and human lives, the glaciers are melting, towns that have existed in Alaska are for hundreds of years are not habitable any longer. Climate change is real and is affecting the planet each minute of each day. Rebecca Hirsch has laid it all out, the history,the causes, the effects and the ways humans must learn to live with climate change.She outlines two main points: adapt and/or migrate.This is an important book for all. It is a slim book, not to be read quickly or lightly but to read slowly and discussed at length. Knowledge is power and when it comes to the planet Earth, it will take everyone to come together to ensure its future.

Overall Book Score: excellent