‘From Crisis to Action takes you straight to the front line of the climate crisis. It brings home in vivid detail the impact climate change is already having on people and communities around the world and paints a picture of what is at stake across 70 climate-vulnerable countries. It’s also a call to action: to remind us that we have an opportunity to avert the worst impacts and build a resilient world for everyone. This is not just their crisis, but a shared challenge for the entire world that requires our collective action.’

‘Ultimately, climate disasters morph into economic disasters, impoverishing our planet as each new natural disaster hits us. In-depth examples in the book – from different countries on the frontline of climate change – prove that austerity measures caused by the “mounting debt in climate-vulnerable developing countries” exacerbate the challenges of dealing with climate change. The authors challenge the mindset of wealthy nations to change from seeing climate financing as an “aid for poverty reduction” to instead seeing it as an investment into climate adaptation and resilience measures: suddenly opening up whole new avenues of action, including leveraging debt innovatively. This book is an excellent and essential read for all, giving us real routes to real action to deal with climate change, in collaboration with the very people who can take the action to mitigate its impact, if resourced well.’

‘From Crisis to Action is a much-needed call for active hope in the face of the growing impacts of climate change. The authors repeatedly shatter lazy paradigms and always put people at the heart of their narrative, filling the book with specific examples of communities already suffering from climate impacts and illustrating positive responses with specific examples of adaptive innovations. The three climate scenarios presented should be enough to jolt the most jaded reader – even the (now likely unachievable) 1.5-degree scenario makes for sombre reading, but at 2 degrees, and much worse at 3.6 degrees, the mathematics of climate disaster ratchets up exponentially across heat, health, and hunger impacts. Crucially, the authors make the case for rejecting any sense of victim narrative, instead promoting the idea of climate positive development, and explaining impacts and solutions primarily in economic terms. Voices from the front line remind us that the countries most vulnerable to climate impacts do not require a transition from high to low carbon but a human development pathway centred on access to energy and more equitable global financial dynamics. There also needs to be an acknowledgement that developed countries will not be immune from their own climate damages and from the implications of economic and human shocks around the world. We need to embrace pragmatic, active hope, and recognise that only respectful collaboration rather than aid will provide the most robust response.’