--- product_id: 653175173 title: "Not the End of the World: The Sunday Times bestseller that will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about climate change" price: "25873CFA" currency: XOF in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.sn/products/653175173-not-the-end-of-the-world-the-sunday-times-bestseller store_origin: SN region: Senegal --- # Global sustainability focus Proven progress trends Data-driven insights Not the End of the World: The Sunday Times bestseller that will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about climate change **Price:** 25873CFA **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🌿 Rethink climate doom — embrace data-driven hope and be part of the solution! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Not the End of the World: The Sunday Times bestseller that will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about climate change - **How much does it cost?** 25873CFA with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sn](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/653175173-not-the-end-of-the-world-the-sunday-times-bestseller) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Comprehensive Coverage:** Seven key environmental issues analyzed with clarity and nuance. - • **Empower Your Eco-Impact:** Understand what truly works to protect our planet’s future. - • **Actionable Science-Based Solutions:** Clear, practical steps to accelerate real-world change. - • **Transform Your Climate Perspective:** Challenge doomsday myths with data-backed optimism. - • **Top-Ranked Environmental Bestseller:** Join thousands who trust this Sunday Times Top Ten hit. ## Overview Not the End of the World is a Sunday Times bestselling book by data scientist Hannah Ritchie that debunks sensational climate myths with rigorous data and research. It offers a hopeful, scientifically grounded perspective on seven major environmental challenges, highlighting measurable progress and practical solutions to achieve sustainability. Praised by thought leaders and ranked top in environmental categories, this book equips readers with the knowledge to separate hype from reality and take meaningful action for a better planet. ## Description This book will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems – and show how together we can solve them. ** THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER ** 'Truly essential' MARGARET ATWOOD ‘Inspiring' DAVID WALLACE-WELLS ‘Shines with positivity’ RUTGER BREGMAN ‘ Unmissable ' TIM SPECTOR ------------------------------------------- We are bombarded by doomsday headlines that tell us the soil won't be able to support crops, fish will vanish from our oceans, that we should reconsider having children. But in this bold, radically hopeful book, data scientist Hannah Ritchie argues that if we zoom out, a very different picture emerges. The data shows we've made so much progress on these problems, and so fast, that we could be on track to achieve true sustainability for the first time in history. Packed with the latest research, practical guidance and enlightening graphics, this book will make you rethink almost everything you've been told about the environment, from the virtues of eating locally and living in the countryside, to the evils of overpopulation, plastic straws and palm oil. It will give you the tools to understand what works, what doesn't and what we urgently need to focus on so we can leave a sustainable planet for future generations. These problems are big. But they are solvable. We are not doomed. We can build a better future for everyone. Let's turn that opportunity into reality. --------------------------------------- ‘A book for anyone who finds it difficult to believe in a better future’ THE TIMES ‘I hope people around the world read this book, understand our planet isn’t a lost cause, and get inspired to help fix it’ Bill Gates A STYLIST BEST NON-FICTION 2024 * A GUARDIAN BIGGEST FICTION AND NON-FICTION FOR 2024 * A FINANCIAL TIMES, SCOTSMAN, PROSPECT AND NEW SCIENTIST BOOK OF THE YEAR * A WATERSTONES ‘BOOK YOU NEED TO READ IN 2024’ Review: Great book. Well written - Great book. Still lots to do but nice to read something positive about how far we have come. Very helpful in separating the essential to do from the less important Review: Level-Headed, Data-Driven, Analysis - Hannah Ritchie’s Not the End of the World (NTEOTW) is a marvellous, understated, study of the environmental ills that afflict our planet – and the opportunities that are open for their resolution or amelioration. Ms Ritchie’s presentation is driven by data – she is a self-admitted ‘numbers nerd’. It is level-headed to a fault, the opposite of hype, sensationalism and cheap headlines. It is, in short, excellent and I recommend it with four and a half stars. NTEOTW dives in detail into seven main areas of environmental concern, looking dispassionately at the numbers and data that define their current status. Hannah Ritchie debunks popular myths – for example, plastic straws are actually fairly harmless; fish in the oceans are not going to be wiped out by 2050; shipping food a long distance to its market is not environmentally bad. The seven areas of concern are air pollution, climate change, deforestation, food and its production, biodiversity loss, ocean plastics, and overfishing. As near as I can summarise, Hannah Ritchie’s thesis is twofold. First, sustainability has two halves: meet the needs of the current generation, while avoiding depletion of natural resources that would hurt later generations (leave the environment in a better state than we found it). Second, every one of the seven areas may be in some degree of trouble, but every one is already either ‘on the turn’ or definitely getting better. We are course-correcting as we go. Linear extrapolation of bad trends to predict ultimate catastrophe is always wrong. Resolution of the problems in all seven areas is ‘known science’ (we know how to do it) and is within reach. Ms Ritchie’s message is a hopeful one, written with fine literacy by a scientist who knows how to write. The main niggle I have is this: Hannah Ritchie, in all seven areas, proposes a raft of eminently sensible practical measures we should take to accelerate improvement that is already under way. But who or what is going to drive and coordinate all the ‘we should’ actions? The European Union is a part answer but it only covers 20-25% of the world. What’s really needed is a responsible World Government and we’re a long way from that. This bit of scepticism aside, I think Ms Ritchie’s analysis and prescriptions are near enough faultless. The real ‘No-Nos’? •Burning stuff. We have to stop. •Beef and lamb are uniquely destructive on multiple levels: land use, deforestation, pollution, water use, efficiency of calorie conversion. We have to at least sharply reduce their consumption. •Deforestation. We have to stop – but reducing beef and sheep farming are the means of doing so. •Feed cereals to humans, not animals. Surprising facts? •We have passed “peak child”. Population will fall and is not in itself a problem. •Our air is cleaner than it has been for centuries, in the West. Elsewhere, its quality is improving fast. •We will probably pass 2 degrees C of global heating, but not by much. Predictions of 4 degrees are now out of date and invalid. •The world produces twice the amount of food we need. •Plastic packaging is a boon. Without it more food would be wasted, there would be more disease, more land and more deforestation would be needed to replace the food wasted. •Very little (1% of total production) plastic goes into the ocean, and almost none of this is from rich countries. Therefore, eliminating single-use plastics in rich countries will have almost no good effect. •Recycling is of limited use: plastic, for example, can only be recycled for 2 or 3 generations and then must be disposed of anyway. Recycling cannot be perpetual unless the plastic is broken all the way down to molecular level. •Good landfills are good. •Overall fish stocks are not in danger. Cod, tuna and other species are now being managed sustainably. Hannah Ritchie supports all of this with data and graphs that seem to me to be of unimpeachable validity. As I noted, she also presents in every area a raft of remedial actions that seem excellent, but which I won’t try to list here. She is highly critical of the cheap, sensationalist headline. To quote Shakespeare, ‘The Devil may cite scripture for his purpose’. Ms Ritchie summarises the problem on page 280 of the hardcover of NTEOTW: the EU reduced overfishing between 2007 and 2020 from 78% to 30%. “This situation is a perfect reflection of the three-true-statements: things are awful (30% are still overfished, and the EU missed its target); things are much better (30% is much less than the 78% it used to be); things can be improved.” See where the sensationalist headline comes from? I do have a few quibbles: •Chernobyl was responsible for 400 deaths in total (p62). I think it’s more than that. •Wood-burning is bad (p65 and elsewhere). Isn’t it carbon-neutral and therefore much less bad than burning coal? •Upgrading to LED light-bulbs is not of much benefit (p114). But it does reduce electricity consumption by a factor of ten as compared to incandescent bulbs and everyone is doing it (in the EU at least). Such a gain on an individual level may only be a little but multiplied by billions is a lot. •An error on p116: The Great Oxidation Event was 2.5 billion (not million) years ago. Overall, though, NTEOTW is a smashing book, the numeracy and erudition of which counter today’s largely sensationalist and emotional narrative. Recommended. ## Features - New Store Stock ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 9,597 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 2 in Environmental Engineering & Technology 2 in Environmental Engineering 6 in Environmental Philosophy | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,875 Reviews | ## Images ![Not the End of the World: The Sunday Times bestseller that will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about climate change - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71eouKqUBHL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book. Well written *by S***H on 12 August 2026* Great book. Still lots to do but nice to read something positive about how far we have come. Very helpful in separating the essential to do from the less important ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Level-Headed, Data-Driven, Analysis *by C***S on 4 April 2024* Hannah Ritchie’s Not the End of the World (NTEOTW) is a marvellous, understated, study of the environmental ills that afflict our planet – and the opportunities that are open for their resolution or amelioration. Ms Ritchie’s presentation is driven by data – she is a self-admitted ‘numbers nerd’. It is level-headed to a fault, the opposite of hype, sensationalism and cheap headlines. It is, in short, excellent and I recommend it with four and a half stars. NTEOTW dives in detail into seven main areas of environmental concern, looking dispassionately at the numbers and data that define their current status. Hannah Ritchie debunks popular myths – for example, plastic straws are actually fairly harmless; fish in the oceans are not going to be wiped out by 2050; shipping food a long distance to its market is not environmentally bad. The seven areas of concern are air pollution, climate change, deforestation, food and its production, biodiversity loss, ocean plastics, and overfishing. As near as I can summarise, Hannah Ritchie’s thesis is twofold. First, sustainability has two halves: meet the needs of the current generation, while avoiding depletion of natural resources that would hurt later generations (leave the environment in a better state than we found it). Second, every one of the seven areas may be in some degree of trouble, but every one is already either ‘on the turn’ or definitely getting better. We are course-correcting as we go. Linear extrapolation of bad trends to predict ultimate catastrophe is always wrong. Resolution of the problems in all seven areas is ‘known science’ (we know how to do it) and is within reach. Ms Ritchie’s message is a hopeful one, written with fine literacy by a scientist who knows how to write. The main niggle I have is this: Hannah Ritchie, in all seven areas, proposes a raft of eminently sensible practical measures we should take to accelerate improvement that is already under way. But who or what is going to drive and coordinate all the ‘we should’ actions? The European Union is a part answer but it only covers 20-25% of the world. What’s really needed is a responsible World Government and we’re a long way from that. This bit of scepticism aside, I think Ms Ritchie’s analysis and prescriptions are near enough faultless. The real ‘No-Nos’? •Burning stuff. We have to stop. •Beef and lamb are uniquely destructive on multiple levels: land use, deforestation, pollution, water use, efficiency of calorie conversion. We have to at least sharply reduce their consumption. •Deforestation. We have to stop – but reducing beef and sheep farming are the means of doing so. •Feed cereals to humans, not animals. Surprising facts? •We have passed “peak child”. Population will fall and is not in itself a problem. •Our air is cleaner than it has been for centuries, in the West. Elsewhere, its quality is improving fast. •We will probably pass 2 degrees C of global heating, but not by much. Predictions of 4 degrees are now out of date and invalid. •The world produces twice the amount of food we need. •Plastic packaging is a boon. Without it more food would be wasted, there would be more disease, more land and more deforestation would be needed to replace the food wasted. •Very little (1% of total production) plastic goes into the ocean, and almost none of this is from rich countries. Therefore, eliminating single-use plastics in rich countries will have almost no good effect. •Recycling is of limited use: plastic, for example, can only be recycled for 2 or 3 generations and then must be disposed of anyway. Recycling cannot be perpetual unless the plastic is broken all the way down to molecular level. •Good landfills are good. •Overall fish stocks are not in danger. Cod, tuna and other species are now being managed sustainably. Hannah Ritchie supports all of this with data and graphs that seem to me to be of unimpeachable validity. As I noted, she also presents in every area a raft of remedial actions that seem excellent, but which I won’t try to list here. She is highly critical of the cheap, sensationalist headline. To quote Shakespeare, ‘The Devil may cite scripture for his purpose’. Ms Ritchie summarises the problem on page 280 of the hardcover of NTEOTW: the EU reduced overfishing between 2007 and 2020 from 78% to 30%. “This situation is a perfect reflection of the three-true-statements: things are awful (30% are still overfished, and the EU missed its target); things are much better (30% is much less than the 78% it used to be); things can be improved.” See where the sensationalist headline comes from? I do have a few quibbles: •Chernobyl was responsible for 400 deaths in total (p62). I think it’s more than that. •Wood-burning is bad (p65 and elsewhere). Isn’t it carbon-neutral and therefore much less bad than burning coal? •Upgrading to LED light-bulbs is not of much benefit (p114). But it does reduce electricity consumption by a factor of ten as compared to incandescent bulbs and everyone is doing it (in the EU at least). Such a gain on an individual level may only be a little but multiplied by billions is a lot. •An error on p116: The Great Oxidation Event was 2.5 billion (not million) years ago. Overall, though, NTEOTW is a smashing book, the numeracy and erudition of which counter today’s largely sensationalist and emotional narrative. Recommended. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you live on Planet Earth, read this book *by G***T on 15 January 2026* Read a book by an expert and you're likely to be influenced by the author's deep level of knowledge in the subject matter. The trouble is, the next book, written by a different expert, too often contradicts what you've already learned. The better ones quote real statistics to 'prove' their contentions and the best experts are usually those who have spent a lifetime immersed in their obsession. They 'know' what they are talking about and we can trust what they tell us. Give us Carl Sagan, David Attenborough, Professors Stephen Hawking, Brian Cox & Alice Roberts, Soichiro Honda and Albert Einstein. Now add to that list Hannah Ritchie. Quite how she has acquired so much knowledge so young is astounding. What's more impressive is her wisdom, her relentless search for scientific truth through her thorough examination of the wider context, alternative possibilities, historical and geographical factors and best of all, masses and masses of raw data. What use is a scientific theory that falls apart under the weight of research? Fashionable ideas based on limited data sets rapidly undone by (apparently) contradictory data have put us in the position in which we find ourselves. Is the planet warming or are we drifting into the next ice age? Is it cow farts or volcanoes or cars which are the problem? Is the Amazon rainforest losing an area the size of a small country every day and will the last polar bear floating towards the tropics on the last melting iceberg, have nothing to eat because we've killed all the fish? Hannah will tell you the truth in this impressive book. You'll see the research, the graphs and the comparative charts of all the good and the good and the harm we have been and are doing. She offers practical solutions and advice about how we can all do better. She is also a beacon of hope, not an over-dramatic merchant of doom. In fact you'll find this young lady unravelling the twaddle pedalled by some of those pseudo-science-fakes. Clearly, she was born to do what she's doing. It's like her brain was designed for analysis and rational thinking. It's like she's devoted every hour of every day of what must surely be her 300 years of life to bring us the answers we all need. The only problem is it's quite a big book and some people won't make the effort. You should though and you'll be glad you did. Meanwhile, David Attenborough and the BBC need to get to work on making this a four-part mini-series syndicated globally to make it accessible to everyone. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sn/products/653175173-not-the-end-of-the-world-the-sunday-times-bestseller](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/653175173-not-the-end-of-the-world-the-sunday-times-bestseller) --- *Product available on Desertcart Senegal* *Store origin: SN* *Last updated: 2026-10-08*