{"product_id":"fevered-planet-how-diseases-emerge-when-we-harm-nature-9781526632289","title":"Fevered Planet: How Diseases Emerge When We Harm Nature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA timely and urgent investigation from John Vidal, Environment Editor of the \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003efor nearly thirty years, into \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehow the destruction of nature is releasing disease into our societies\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e 'Urgent, fascinating and essential' \u003c\/b\u003eGEORGE MONBIOT \u003cb\u003e'A searing, vital work' \u003c\/b\u003eBETTANY HUGHES  Covid-19, mpox, bird flu, SARS, HIV, AIDS, Ebola; we are living in the Age of Pandemics – one that we have created. As the climate crisis reaches a fever pitch and ecological destruction continues unabated, we are just beginning to reckon with the effects of environmental collapse on our global health.  \u003ci\u003eFevered Planet\u003c\/i\u003e exposes how the way we farm, what we eat, the places we travel to and the scientific experiments we conduct create the perfect conditions for deadly new diseases to emerge and spread faster and further than ever. Drawing on the latest scientific research and decades of reporting from more than 100 countries, former \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e environment editor John Vidal takes us into deep, disappearing forests in Gabon and the Congo, valleys scorched by wildfire near Lake Tahoe and our densest, polluted cities to show how closely human, animal and plant diseases are now intertwined with planetary destruction. He calls for an urgent transformation in our relationship with the natural world, and expertly outlines how to make that change possible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Vidal has travelled far and wide, and we would be wise to take seriously the reports he sends back; human lives, particularly of the rich, are not just altering the plane tin devastatingly predictable ways, they are setting us up for some nasty surprises -- Bill McKibben\u003cbr\u003eJohn Vidal has travelled far and wide, and we would be wise to take seriously the reports he sends back; human lives, particularly of the rich, are not just altering the plane tin devastatingly predictable ways, they are setting us up for some nasty surprises -- Bill McKibben\u003cbr\u003eA searing, vital work. Plagues and epidemics determine human history - now  it is time to learn that how we live today is driving disease on a planetary level -- Bettany Hughes\u003cbr\u003eA searing, vital work. Plagues and epidemics determine human history - now  it is time to learn that how we live today is driving disease on a planetary level -- Bettany Hughes\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on a lifetime’s experience as a frontline journalist, John Vidal compellingly joins the dots between accelerating climate change, population growth, dangerously disrupted ecosystems, our obsession with economic growth – and the inevitability of future pandemics. \u003ci\u003eFevered Planet \u003c\/i\u003eis the most illuminating and disturbing book I’ve read in years -- Jonathon Porritt\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on a lifetime’s experience as a frontline journalist, John Vidal compellingly joins the dots between accelerating climate change, population growth, dangerously disrupted ecosystems, our obsession with economic growth – and the inevitability of future pandemics. \u003ci\u003eFevered Planet \u003c\/i\u003eis the most illuminating and disturbing book I’ve read in years -- Jonathon Porritt\u003cbr\u003eVital, urgent, and forensic – John Vidal’s unflinching examination of pandemic risk should be a wake-up call in capitals throughout the world.  Unless we change course, Covid could be just the tip of an iceberg of even more deadly and disruptive diseases to come. Transforming our relationship with the natural world is essential for both human and planetary health – \u003ci\u003eFevered Planet \u003c\/i\u003eexpertly shows us how -- Caroline Lucas MP\u003cbr\u003eVital, urgent, and forensic – John Vidal’s unflinching examination of pandemic risk should be a wake-up call in capitals throughout the world.  Unless we change course, Covid could be just the tip of an iceberg of even more deadly and disruptive diseases to come. Transforming our relationship with the natural world is essential for both human and planetary health – \u003ci\u003eFevered Planet \u003c\/i\u003eexpertly shows us how -- Caroline Lucas MP\u003cbr\u003eJohn Vidal has written a compelling analysis of the links between our planet and environment and our health. I found it hard to put down, and it brilliantly mixes his personal experience covering environmental issues for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003ewith novel insights into how we can and should be doing better. A must-read for all those interested in pandemics, the environment and the animal-human nexus -- Devi Sridhar\u003cbr\u003eJohn Vidal has written a compelling analysis of the links between our planet and environment and our health. I found it hard to put down, and it brilliantly mixes his personal experience covering environmental issues for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003ewith novel insights into how we can and should be doing better. A must-read for all those interested in pandemics, the environment and the animal-human nexus -- Devi Sridhar\u003cbr\u003eThis beautifully researched book, including Vidal’s own travels around the world, takes us through the rising number of pandemics, up to Covid-19 and beyond, to a disturbing account of our political inability to grasp what is happening and manage a safe future for our civilisation . . . Global, national and local policy makers should all read and absorb this very important contribution to the current state of the world. We must learn to understand that we are a part of Nature, not apart from Nature -- Professor Sir David King, Former Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government and Founder of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group and Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge\u003cbr\u003eThis beautifully researched book, including Vidal’s own travels around the world, takes us through the rising number of pandemics, up to Covid-19 and beyond, to a disturbing account of our political inability to grasp what is happening and manage a safe future for our civilisation . . . Global, national and local policy makers should all read and absorb this very important contribution to the current state of the world. We must learn to understand that we are a part of Nature, not apart from Nature -- Professor Sir David King, Former Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government and Founder of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group and Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge\u003cbr\u003eUrgent, fascinating and essential, \u003ci\u003eFevered Planet\u003c\/i\u003e tells a crucial story that most of us have missed -- George Monbiot\u003cbr\u003eUrgent, fascinating and essential, \u003ci\u003eFevered Planet\u003c\/i\u003e tells a crucial story that most of us have missed -- George Monbiot\u003cbr\u003eIn his impressive yet scary book \u003ci\u003eFevered Planet: How Diseases Emerge When We Harm Nature\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury), environmental journalist John Vidal makes a compelling case for humanity to transform its relationship with the natural world * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eIn his impressive yet scary book \u003ci\u003eFevered Planet: How Diseases Emerge When We Harm Nature\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury), environmental journalist John Vidal makes a compelling case for humanity to transform its relationship with the natural world * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eA combination of forensic detail and human testimony drawn from the author’s long career as an environmental journalist . . . Makes the plausible and compelling case that we are now “approaching a storm of spiralling disease risk” . . . \u003ci\u003eFevered Planet \u003c\/i\u003eexhorts us to tackle the threat, and seize the opportunity, before it is too late * TLS *\u003cbr\u003eA combination of forensic detail and human testimony drawn from the author’s long career as an environmental journalist . . . Makes the plausible and compelling case that we are now “approaching a storm of spiralling disease risk” . . . \u003ci\u003eFevered Planet \u003c\/i\u003eexhorts us to tackle the threat, and seize the opportunity, before it is too late * TLS *\u003cbr\u003eVidal shows the systemic failures that lie behind today’s “age of pandemics” … By minimising our disturbance of the natural world, Vidal contends, we will reduce the chance of unpleasant pathogens crossing our path * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eVidal shows the systemic failures that lie behind today’s “age of pandemics” … By minimising our disturbance of the natural world, Vidal contends, we will reduce the chance of unpleasant pathogens crossing our path * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eJohn Vidal’s credentials are impeccable – a former long-term environment editor at the Guardian and a pioneering, determined documenter of our rapacious exploitation of the planet * Geographical *\u003cbr\u003eJohn Vidal’s credentials are impeccable – a former long-term environment editor at the Guardian and a pioneering, determined documenter of our rapacious exploitation of the planet * Geographical *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52090985021783,"sku":"9781526632289","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fevered-planet-how-diseases-emerge-when-we-harm-nature-9781526632289","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}