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A missing poem is at the centre of What We Can Know, a sprawling, surprising novel set in a time of climate catastrophe.
In his new book, Carl Death weighs up climate policies in African countries with each country’s stories and films about climate change.
Climate fiction is a type of storytelling that imagines how climate change could shape our world.
Juice is a radical departure that asks readers to think differently about the future.
The latest books by Gretchen Shirm and Briony Doyle are preoccupied with the aftermaths of recent deaths.
Attending, debating or simply following COP26? Here’s why you should be reading science fiction.
Cultures worldwide are awash with tales of great floods. What can they tell us about the reality of a wetter world?
Almost a century ago, New Zealand and Australia were at the forefront of an environmental crisis that forewarned of humanity’s global impact – erosion. It left its mark on culture.
It was funny at the time — but rereading Ben Elton’s 1989 bestselling satirical novel Stark today is profoundly unsettling.
These seven cli-fi novels will get you fired up for action.
Climate change was once considered ‘too slow’ for great storytelling. Now, long-form novels are struggling to keep up with breakdown.
Climate scientists often bombard their audiences with facts and figures - a method of communication that often doesn’t work. Perhaps this is where cli-fi can step in, with its compelling characters and just slightly embellished science.
While many people are willing to happily gamble with pharmaceuticals, which may offer the most trivial of benefits, they are not ready to believe the facts on climate change.
A researcher on sea level rise and climate change impacts reviews Kim Stanley Robinson’s new novel, ‘New York 2140,’ which envisions the city’s future in the face of extreme sea-level rise.
Climate disaster films are an emerging genre that reflect people’s desire to cope with a changing planet through art. How will they affect public attitudes on climate change?
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Professor of Earth Sciences, Rutgers University
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Professor of Philosophy, Maryland Institute College of Art
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Deputy Director, Engagement and Impact, The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century, Australian National University
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University Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Cambridge
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Senior Lecturer in English, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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