This book was a disappointment.
It started from a valid premise that what we don’t know makes us scared - casques anxiety - thus, global warming, its consequences, and measures to be taken need to be demystified for the anxiety to be alleviated. Ken Kroes first goes through some fo the major ecological and societal issues that he intends to explore further and then proceeds to talk about them in more detail and outline potential solutions and preemptive measures on the individual, rather than global, level. He covers a lot of topics from water pollution to rising entitlement (?) and remedies concerning areas of life from parenting to doomsday prepping.
The idea and approach struck me as valuable, however, the structure of the book is chaotic and not intuitive, some chapters seemed redundant and out of place, while some of the information - untrustworthy. Throughout the book Ken Kroes speaks on everything from youth mentoring to wealth management. He overwhelmingly uses secondary sources and allows silly mistakes such as misnaming Edward Snowden to slip through. None of that inspires my trust. I have no doubt he is a intelligent responsible author and did a lot of research, and some chapters may be worth referencing in the future (such as concisely delivered information on HEPA filters etc.), but I am still left questioning his expertise or accuracy in sharing the expertise of others on a lot of matters. I have to mention though, thankfully, Ken Kroes approached the subjects of GMO and vaccines, so often marred by conspiracy theories and ignorance, reasonably and responsibly.

In the end, this seems like a book that can be valuable as a reference guide that collects disjointed facts under one cover, but is too subjective and broad to be used as more than that.

The author lays out the issues affecting our planet now and also what will in the future. The advice on what we can do is easy to incorporate into your life. The author doesn't come off as preachy or judgy. This is a great read and an important one.