Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2022.

The four clocks -- I. Setting the stage -- The biggest picture -- Science : the dawn of the modern climate change era -- II. The 1980s -- Science in the 1980s -- The 1980s : a distracted public -- Business and finance in the 1980s : creating the denial playbook -- III. The 1990s -- Reality : ominous portents of change -- Climate science in the 1990s : a new paradigm emerges -- The public : stirred but not shaken -- Business and finance in the 1990s : mobilizing, but against climate action -- IV. The new millennium -- Reality in the oughts -- The science of climate change in the oughts -- Public opinion in the oughts : a climate denier in the White House -- Business and finance in the oughts : stirrings of change -- V. 2010s : things get real -- The 2010s : reality bites -- The climate picture comes into focus -- The 2010s : the public realizes that something is wrong -- The 2010s : Business and finance awaken to the threat -- VI. Where do we go from here? -- The trap we've set for ourselves -- A narrow path to a livable future.