The best climate books of 2023 — and the titles we’re excited for in 2024
2023 was the hottest year on global record — and that’s not the only reason this year made climate history.
For instance, countries at the Cop28 climate summit struck a historic deal to fight the climate crisis — though small island nations say they’ve been left behind. The world temporarily surpassed the 2C warming line, going beyond the upper warming limit of the global Paris Agreement.
As we hit these milestones, we have also learned that a warming planet does not affect us equally. The climate crisis has always and will continue to disproportionately affect people who are already facing the consequences of racial, socioeconomic and geopolitical injustices.
Below are some of the best climate books published December 2022 – December 2023, as well as the books to look out for in the new year.
The most important thread that unites these books is their analysis of how the climate crisis interacts with the existing inequities and injustices of
