Planet on Fire: A Manifesto for the Age of Environmental Breakdown

A radical manifesto for how to deal with environmental breakdown

In the age of environmental breakdown, breakdown, the political status quo has no answer to the devastating and inequitably distributed consequences of the climate emergency. We urgently need an alternative to bring about the rapid transformation of our social and economic systems. As we rebuild our lives in the wake of Covid-19 and face the challenges of ecological disaster, how can the left win a world fit for life?

Planet on Fire is an urgent manifesto for a fundamental reimagining of the global economy. It offers a clear and practical road map for a future that is democratic and sustainable by design. Laurie Laybourn-Langton and Mathew Lawrence argue that it is not enough merely to spend our way out of the crisis; we must also rapidly reshape the economy to create a new way of life that can foster a healthy and flourishing environment for all.

Planet on Fire offers a detailed and achievable manifesto for a new politics capable of tackling environmental breakdown.

Author: Mathew Lawrence, Laurie Laybourn-Langton
Publisher: Verso
Published: 04/20/2021
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.40w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781788738774
ISBN10: 1788738772
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Political Economy
- Political Science | History & Theory | General
- Political Science | Commentary & Opinion

About the Author
Laurie Laybourn-Langton is an award-winning researcher and writer and an Associate Fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).

Mathew Lawrence is the founder and Director of Common Wealth, a UK-based think tank that designs ownership models for a democratic and sustainable economy.