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Osseily Hanna invites readers to join him on his 6-year journey across 32 countries to hear from the people fighting climate change locally, and what they are doing to beat it. InTouring the Climate Crisis: Saving the Earth Around the World, Osseily Hanna documents his journey to explore how the climate is changing and affecting people in both the Global North and Global South.That journey took him across five continents over the course of six years and felt similar to walking along a tightrope: on one side he witnessed death, destruction, and destitution, while on the other he saw the capacity of the human spirit to overcome seemingly impossible obstacles. From gold miners in South Africa and a nuclear bomb survivor in Hiroshima, to the diversity and beauty of bees in Germany and Uganda, and part of the Atlantic forest that was brought back to life in Brazil, Hanna's journey is one that seeks to unravel the beauty and capacity of both the natural world and the human spirit.As Hanna discovers, the duality of life coexisting with death, and hope sprouting from fear in a world whose climate and future are changing more rapidly than ever before, become the drivers of his inspiration and motivation to push further still, and relay the urgency of the situation our world today faces. A travelogue of the courageous work done by people who are fighting climate change as well as the factors that are causing it, Touring the Climate Crisis breaks down issues such as deforestation, mining, and industrial agricultural processes and includes the author's own photography from his journey around the world.

Author Biography

Osseily Hanna was born in London in 1978. He studied chemistry at King's College London, followed by a master's degree in computer science at the University of Hertfordshire. He is a bilingual English-Spanish speaker and has studied several languages. He gave up a successful career in global financial markets in 2011 to write his first book, Music and Coexistence, which has been published in five languages. Traveling the Climate Crisis is his second book.

Table of Contents

AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart 1 - Latin America1. From the Jungles of Mexico to the Skyscrapers of PanamaDeparture Where are all the animals? Espresso in Guatemala Nicaraguan Rum Canals and Papers2. Colombian EnergySolar Shower Coughs, Colds, and Coal3. Two Great ForestsCocaine, Trees, and a Boat Salt of the Earth4. Ingenious Shanty TownsReturn to the Slum of Peace (Favela da Paz) Recycled Orchestra5. The Open Veins of Latin America Land Grab Galeano's Open VeinsPart 2 - United States and Europe6. American PowerElectric vs Gasoline Cars Solar Powered Rooftops Bikes, Buses, and Planes7. Food in the CityMy First Thanksgiving NYC Herbs and Greens A Toast to Reducing Food Waste A Michelin Star in Copenhagen8. Cities of the Future Copenhagen Wind Amsterdam Bikes and Lights9. Crossing EuropeCalais Camp and Refugees Liquid Fear Today's America and Europe10. Reflecting and RevivingBerlin Bees The Show Must Go On Part 3 - Africa11. Flight of the Honey BeeHoney Farm Outreach Back in the City12. Thank You for the RainA Long-awaited Greeting Eco Farm A Greenhouse Within a Greenhouse A Brand New Dam Climate Hypocrisy13. Journey SouthThe Subtle Art of Planning Break for the Border14. Generations of MinersDeep Underground Extraction and Inequality Population FallacyPart 4 - Asia15. In the Shadow of the TowersIllusions A World Away Ski Slope16. Hong Kong IsolationChange of Plans17. From Hiroshima with LoveBullet Train Black Rain Six TreesPart 5 - Journey's End18. Lessons LearnedA Blessing in Disguise? Climate Engineering and Temperature New Alliances and ParadigmsAfterwordBibliographyNotesIndexAbout the Author

Review

Average global temperatures rise while polar ice caps melt, sea levels ascend, wildfires rage, and animal species vanish. In his six-year trek around the globe, Hanna visits 32 countries, searching for solutions to the climate crisis. He interviews environmental activists and people affected by climate change. Hanna believes humans are pursuing a "path of self-inflicted extinction," emphasizing pollution, famine, water shortage, a growing world population, epidemics, deforestation, and the squandering of resources. Consider that 88-million tons of food in the European Union are wasted yearly, yet many people there go hungry. Social and economic inequality are linked to climate change. In 2019, there were 26-million refugees and 79.5-million displaced people worldwide. He reviews useful remedies, including solar power, wind energy, ecological farming, and hydroelectric power.... Science, courage, resoluteness, and empathy must lead the charge against climate catastrophe. Time is not on our side.-- "Booklist"
If you want to be a sincere activist, here you will find the two main things to always keep in mind: nobody is innocent, and we are running out of time. We must take a stand about our impact as human beings on Earth, and this book is a perfect starting point to understand that impact.--Emanuele Russo, chair of Amnesty International Italy
In Touring the Climate Crisis, Osseily Hanna brings home the thoroughly momentous scale of the problems that face us all and the tragedies that could come, while still proclaiming hope and faith in the human spirit. A vitally important book.--Ioan Grillo, author of "El Narco" and "Blood Gun Money"
Osseily Hanna's six-year-long tour visited five continents to discover not only climate disruption but many other aspects of the human predicament as well. He witnessed ongoing human abuse of the natural world: losses and despoliation of resources from farmlands and forests to oceans; the extinction crisis; and the consequences for the human population's dependence on Nature's bounty. He recorded the contrast between the wasteful, overconsuming North and the struggling South, often through the voices of people he met along the way. For those who still wonder what all the fuss over environmental problems is about, this book will be an eye-opener. Those who know will nonetheless find new perspectives to consider.--Anne H. Ehrlich, Stanford University, coauthor of "The Annihilation of Nature"

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Osseily Hanna invites readers to join him on his 6-year journey across 32 countries to hear from the people fighting climate change locally, and what they are doing to beat it.

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"Author Osseily Hanna documents the links between climate change, social / wealth inequalities, the Global North / Global South, and renewable / fossil energy. In total, he visited 32 countries during his 6 year journey around the world. As well as photographs taken by the author, this book includes the testimonies of people who are affected by or fighting climate change, and who have devised ingenious local solutions to it"--

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If you want to be a sincere activist, here you will find the two main things to always keep in mind: nobody is innocent, and we are running out of time. We must take a stand about our impact as human beings on Earth, and this book is a perfect starting point to understand that impact.

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