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Summary: This week, ahead of COP26, Thea Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas are joined by David Wallace-Wells, the author of ‘The Uninhabitable Earth’, to discuss a flurry of new books on climate change and what to do about it, from quiet reflection to radical, explosive action; and the biographer of royals A. N. Wilson considers a lively new Life of King George V that suggests the monarch wasn’t that dull after all ‘Deep Adaptation: Navigating the realities of climate chaos’, edited by Jem Bendell and Rupert Read ‘How To Blow Up a Pipeline: Learning to fight in a world on fire’ by Andreas Malm ‘Saving Us: A climate scientist’s case for hope and healing in a divided world’ by Katharine Hayhoe ‘Geopolitics For the End Time: From the pandemic to the climate crisis’ by Bruno Maçães 'George V: Never a dull moment’ by Jane Ridley Producer: Sophia Franklin <br><hr><p style="color: grey;">See <a style="color: grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>