"This is, for my money, the best single-source primer on the state of climate change." - _New York_ Magazine"The right book at the right time: accessible, comprehensive, unflinching, humane." - _The Daily Beast_"A must-read." - _The Guardian__Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know_ is the essential primer on what will be the defining issue of our time. Newly updated with the latest in climate science from COP26 and beyond, this third edition offers user-friendly, scientifically rigorous answers to the most difficult (and commonly politicized) questions surrounding climate change. Drawing on the author's decades of experience as one of the country's most influential communicators on climate science and solutions, this authoritative guide highlights the following topics:? Key updates from the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow? Insights into changes in the political landscape, such as COVID-19 and Donald Trump's presidency, and what these have meant for climate action in the United States and internationally? Contemporary implications of the clean energy revolution, from solar and wind power to batteries and electric cars