The Last Sky, a collection of fifty-five writings, looks at the various anthropogenic forces that are reshaping the planet for the worse: the GDP race, excessive consumption, tourism, hydel projects, unplanned urbanisation, road construction, wars, AI and the internet. It makes the point that climate change is not the only force that is driving the planet towards an environmental apocalypse: human activities are literally destroying the basic natural features of Earth—its mountains, rivers, wetlands, forests, oceans, and all the life they sustain.
The ecosystems and biodiversity themselves are under assault (one-third of the Amazon rainforest has already disappeared), and when they go so will Homo sapiens. The author brings his experience of thirty-five years as a policymaker and administrator to examine each change-agent of the Anthropocene Age, and suggest how these changes can—and must—be reversed before the Doomsday Clock in Chicago strikes the midnight hour.
A book that is a must-read for those who wish to bequeath a healthy planet to their children.
