A Good War

"This is the roadmap out of climate crisis that Canadians have been waiting for. Serious, specific and madly inspiring." -- Naomi Klein, activist and author of This Changes Everything

"Read this inspiring book to realize giving up is not an option and 'can't be done' is not an excuse." -- David Suzuki, scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster

"This is the blueprint for rapid societal transformation that we've all been waiting for." -- Ziya Tong, science broadcaster and author of The Reality Bubble

The world has just ten years to at least halve our greenhouse gas emissions if we are to have a hope of holding global warming to a 1.5°C increase. Currently, Canada is not on a path to meet its greenhouse gas reduction targets, and radical systemic change to the way we live and work must happen at high speed, but how are we ever to do this?

We can do it. We've actually done it before. During the Second World War, Canadians and their governments completely remade the economy -- retooling factories, transforming the workforce and creating common cause among Canadians for the war effort.

In A Good War, author and activist Seth Klein looks at the Second World War strategies and shows how they can be repurposed today for a rapid transition. He demonstrates that this change can create jobs and reduce inequality while tackling our climate obligations and shows us a bold, practical policy plan for a zero-carbon Canada. In this unusually hopeful book, Klein explores how we can align our politics and economy with what the science says we must do. Inspiring and realizable, his book is an invitation to both the public and our political leaders to reflect on the people who saw us through the war, and to consider who we want to be, as we face down the defining task of our lives.

The COVID-19 pandemic crisis has brought change upon our world that would have been unthinkable a few months ago, change very like what Klein has proposed. It turns out the world can turn on a dime if necessary. The blueprint is in your hands.