Shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award, and one of The Observer’s ‘Thirty books to help us understand the world’.

Are we really to blame for the climate crisis? Over 70 per cent of global emissions come from the same 100 organisations, but fossil-fuel companies have taken no responsibility themselves. Instead, they have waged a 30-year campaign to blame individuals. The result has been disastrous for our planet. In The New Climate War, renowned scientist Michael E. Mann argues that all is not lost. He draws the battle lines between the people and the polluters — fossil-fuel companies, right-wing plutocrats, and petro-states — and outlines a plan for forcing our governments and corporations to wake up and make real change.

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‘Brilliant.’

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‘A strategic, wide-ranging overview of humanity’s present predicament and an exploration of possible pathways out of it.’

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‘Comprehensive.’

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‘The main focus of Mann’s book is a call to arms in the new war against “inactivists” who are using new tactics of “deception, distraction, and delay” to prevent the phase-out of fossil fuels. Mann is a robust character ... Mann does not pull his punches, but his aim is usually strong and true. This book will no doubt prove controversial for some climate campaigners, as well as the deniers, but I hope it will be read by everybody who is engaged in making the case for action.’

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‘Thought-provoking.’

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‘The New Climate War is a punchy, provocative, informed … deeply personal take on the crisis, by a respected voice in the climate science and communications field.’

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‘Provocative … The New Climate War makes a compelling case both for revising the global Green New Deal and for counteracting disinformation from climate sceptics.’

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‘Mann is the genuine article ... his prose rattles along, entertaining and horrifying us in equal measure as he exposes scientists, politicians, the conservative media and other supposed experts who have slowed climate action by caring more about the interests of big industry.’

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‘Mann’s call to get serious about climate change couldn’t be more timely.’

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‘Michael Mann is a pre-eminent climate scientist whose academic pedigree is beyond question.’

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‘A wonderfully confrontational book.’

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‘This book is a must read not just for people currently working to address climate change but also for those who are new to the climate fight, the latter of whom will learn much about past challenges, struggles, and attacks that have been aimed at climate champions.’

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‘One of the world’s leading climate scientists embarks on a journey into the minds of climate change deniers to try to understand their motivations and strategies … Blunt, lucid … Consistently displaying his comprehensive command of climate science and the attendant politics … An expert effectively debunks the false narrative of denialism and advocates communal resistance to fossil fuels.’

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‘Mann starts from the premise that we can save the planet from the worst impacts of climate change if we move to net-zero carbon emissions. As a scientist, he dismisses most scenarios of an uninhabitable Earth because they’re based on a misunderstanding of methane feedback loops, and, as a citizen, he has no time for “climate doom porn” because it leads to political paralysis. But if Mann is “objectively hopeful”, he’s not naïve. The challenges are real and the vested interests of business as usual are powerful ... Michael Mann may or may not be a Climate Jedi, but he is a climate smart guy and The New Climate War is a must read.’

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‘The New Climate War is an informed, opinionated guide to an ever-changing conflict.’

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‘An engrossing mix of footnoted history, acerbic political commentary, and personal anecdotes.’

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‘[P]unchy and illuminating … uses both peer-reviewed climate science research and combative wit to expose the strategies of people and industries bent on deflecting responsibility and limiting the systemic change necessary to move the world away from dependence on planet-destroying fossil fuel ... Mann clearly has skin in this game. Both his professional and personal reputations have been viciously attacked in response to his work. Here he fights back, settles some scores, and argues for the necessity and possibility of aggressive, systemic changes. It’s a bracing read — both eye-opening and even fun.’

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If there’s ever a Hall of Fame for climate scientists, Michael Mann will be among the first to be inducted.

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‘The New Climate War is an enlightening exposé of something that many of us probably already took as given: vested financial interests are psychotic in their efforts to control the dialogue.’

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‘Fantastic.’

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‘The New Climate War is a detailed, passionate, and insightful overview of the latest schemes by fossil fuel interests and their minions to halt or delay a transition to a clean energy economy.’

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‘Lucid, accessible, and an important read for anyone who cares about the present and future of climate action.’

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‘Mann’s book is an important addition to the pushback against inaction and doom that has delayed action against climate change for too long and led too many to surrender without even a fight.’

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‘Spirited.’

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‘Extremely insightful.’

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‘Mann is an excellent communicator, and his book is also a very good place to find out what the current climate science actually does and does not say.’

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‘[The New Climate War] explains very clearly, with researched facts, that the focus on individual behaviours to slow climate chaos is the result of a marketing campaign that has succeeded in guilt tripping the individual and deflecting responsibility from the fossil fuel companies, where it belongs.’

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‘An engaging, well-documented book about climate politics and the industrial and political forces that have resisted the science of climate change and continue to manipulate and distort public perceptions about its causes and effects.’

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‘An important and timely book — well worth reading.’

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‘This book can jolt you out of despair and ‘doomism’ over climate change.’