Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World
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- Update Date：2025-09-15
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- Author：Gaia Vince
- ISBN：B09G13KYNH
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Reviews
donna backshall
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I would give this five stars， but Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World was a super dense book， even for a science nerd like me。 I had to read it in small spurts， because there was simply too much to absorb。 I feel like it could have been presented in an easier-to-digest way， so it felt less like a textbook and more everyman friendly。Plus， it was disheartening， even though the author tried desperately to infuse hope into her message。 If we get everything right， and turn thi I would give this five stars， but Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World was a super dense book， even for a science nerd like me。 I had to read it in small spurts， because there was simply too much to absorb。 I feel like it could have been presented in an easier-to-digest way， so it felt less like a textbook and more everyman friendly。Plus， it was disheartening， even though the author tried desperately to infuse hope into her message。 If we get everything right， and turn things around， which seems quite the stretch with the "I got mine" mentality running rampant in the world， and especially in America， then we might be okay。 Might。 But will the right people hear the message and act for the good of all？ Or should we all start planning to move to Iceland？My sons claim I won't stop talking about this book， and that means it's impacting me in all the right ways。 I'm a better person for knowing， but also terrified。 What can just one person do？ I guess we'll find out。 。。。more
Melanie785
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This book starts by talking about immigration through climate change which has already started happening。 Vince has good discussion points on why immigration is not bad， and actually improves the country they are entering。 There is discussion on what we have been doing and what we should be doing along with the consequences of what will happen if we do little or nothing。 This is a very thought-provoking book on many hot button topics。 I received an audio copy of these book thought NetGalley for This book starts by talking about immigration through climate change which has already started happening。 Vince has good discussion points on why immigration is not bad， and actually improves the country they are entering。 There is discussion on what we have been doing and what we should be doing along with the consequences of what will happen if we do little or nothing。 This is a very thought-provoking book on many hot button topics。 I received an audio copy of these book thought NetGalley for an honest review。 。。。more
Karen
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Very thought-provoking。 There is a lot of discussion around climate change， but looking at it from the angle of how it will impact where people can live and how this will change our world is interesting。 I've always wanted to live on the coast。。。 maybe I'll get a chance someday。。。 but how long would that coast be there？ I enjoyed the discussion about how immigration affects local economies as well。 We've spent so long destroying the planet， we need to start figuring out how to fix it。 Lots of id Very thought-provoking。 There is a lot of discussion around climate change， but looking at it from the angle of how it will impact where people can live and how this will change our world is interesting。 I've always wanted to live on the coast。。。 maybe I'll get a chance someday。。。 but how long would that coast be there？ I enjoyed the discussion about how immigration affects local economies as well。 We've spent so long destroying the planet， we need to start figuring out how to fix it。 Lots of ideas here and plenty to think about。Thanks to Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for the ALC in exchange for my honest review。 。。。more
Simms
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I'm not sure who this book is really for。。。 The book is part explication of the dire consequences of a potential 4°C warming of global temperatures， part prediction of the ways human society will or may have to change due to migration， part suggestion of policies and plans that could or should be implemented to either slow the temperature rise or effectively deal with the migration 。。。 with mixed results。 As a warning of the effects of climate change， it is grim and unreassuring， as it no doubt I'm not sure who this book is really for。。。 The book is part explication of the dire consequences of a potential 4°C warming of global temperatures， part prediction of the ways human society will or may have to change due to migration， part suggestion of policies and plans that could or should be implemented to either slow the temperature rise or effectively deal with the migration 。。。 with mixed results。 As a warning of the effects of climate change， it is grim and unreassuring， as it no doubt is meant to be; indeed， the book seems most effective as a piece of scaremongering to get people motivated to address the climate （and I say that in the most positive sense）。 As a prediction of the changes to come， it is a mixed bag， sometimes intriguing （such as the discussion of projected changes in habitable zones in Greenland or Canada） and sometimes head-scratchingly pat （such as when the author flatly predicts that the greening of the electrical grid will have been accomplished by the time her children are in their 30s）。 The book also seems to entirely disregard predictions of any political ramifications of the predicted changes， including conflict; mass migration seems to be expected with tremendous peaceful cooperation between nations。 I understand that prediction of such geopolitical factors is wildly difficult， but without them it raises questions of the utility of the entire exercise。Likewise it is mixed as a collection of policy proposals。 Many are quite reasonable， if vague， but they are often things that the reader cannot possibly affect unless they work specifically in the fields of public policy or urban planning， or in the government more generally; more to the point， much of the suggestions regard the author's theorized newly-built cities in the far north， which are decades or more away from reality -- hopefully these urban-planning or government-employed readers are quite young！ In other cases the proposals are vague to the point of irrelevancy or seem unmoored from reality， such as when the author proposes that private aircraft be banned unless they are electric （with seemingly little regard to the energy-density problems that render cost-effective all-electric air travel a pipe dream with current technology）。 In the end， the only real actionable takeaway the reader can get from this book is a broad "be more concerned about climate change！" （unless one is lucky enough to be a teenager who is dying to go into urban planning and has a really great memory）。 That's a fine lesson， to be sure， but reading 280-odd pages to get it is perhaps not worth the time commitment， and most people who are interested and receptive enough to the book's premise to actually pick it up are already going to be onboard。Thanks to NetGalley and Flatiron Books for the ARC。 。。。more
Kevin Halter
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