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Preface 1. Selling Our Future

Food: The Weak Link The Emerging Politics of Food Scarcity Our Global Ponzi Economy Mounting Stresses, Failing States Plan B—A Plan to Save Civilization I. THE CHALLENGES

Civilization’s Foundation Eroding Water Tables Falling Farmers Losing Water to Cities Land and Water Conflicts Cars and People Compete for Grain The Rising Tide of Environmental Refugees Rising Temperature and Its Effects Melting Ice, Rising Seas Melting Glaciers, Shrinking Harvests Rising Temperatures, Falling Yields The Decline of Oil and Coal A Challenge Without Precedent

2. Population Pressure: Land and Water 3. Climate Change and the Energy Transition

II. THE RESPONSE

A Revolution in Lighting Technology Energy-Efficient Appliances Zero-Carbon Buildings Electrifying the Transport System A New Materials Economy Smarter Grids, Appliances, and Consumers The Energy Savings Potential Turning to the Wind Solar Cells and Thermal Collectors Energy from the Earth Plant-Based Sources of Energy Hydropower: Rivers, Tides, and Waves The World Energy Economy of 2020 The Ecology of Cities Redesigning Urban Transport The Return of Bicycles Reducing Urban Water Use Farming in the City Upgrading Squatter Settlements Cities for People Educating Everyone Toward a Healthy Future Stabilizing Population Rescuing Failing States A Poverty Eradication Agenda and Budget Protecting and Restoring Forests Planting Trees to Sequester Carbon Conserving and Rebuilding Soils Regenerating Fisheries Protecting Plant and Animal Diversity The Earth Restoration Budget Raising Land Productivity Raising Water Productivity Producing Protein More Efficiently The Localization of Agriculture Strategic Reductions in Demand Action on Many Fronts

4. Stabilizing Climate: An Energy Efficiency Revolution 5. Stabilizing Climate: Shifting to Renewable Energy 6. Designing Cities for People 7. Eradicating Poverty and Stabilizing Population 8. Restoring the Earth 9. Feeding Eight Billion People Well

III. THE GREAT MOBILIZATION

Shifting Taxes and Subsidies Coal: The Beginning of the End Stabilizing Climate Three Models of Social Change A Wartime Mobilization Mobilizing to Save Civilization What You and I Can Do

10. Can We Mobilize Fast Enough? Notes Acknowledgments About the Author

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