Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization by Lester R. Brown (notes by Dorothy Headley)
The world has set in motion environmental trends that are threatening civilization itself. We are now in a race between tipping points in the earth's natural systems and those in our political systems. Which will tip first? Will we reach the point when the melting of the Greenland ice sheet and the associated 23-foot-rise in sea level are irreversible? Or will we phase out coal-fired power plants fast enough to prevent it?
We do not have much time. The deadlines are set by nature. Nature is the timekeeper, but we cannot see the clock.
It is time for Plan B 3.0--an ambitious plan that includes cutting carbon emissions 80% by 2020 by raising energy efficiency worldwide by harnessing energy sources including wind, solar, and geothermal to back out coal-fired power.
Implementing Plan B 3.0 means mobilizing to bring about an exciting new world where the population is stabilized, forests are expanding, and carbon emissions are falling.
Our generation will make the choice, but it will affect life on earth for all future generations. Earth Policy Institute.