Humans are creatures of habit. We’re only too happy to imagine the future as a continuation of the present – even after major upheavals like the collapse of the Soviet Union 30 years ago. And again today, when the world has taken a triple hit: the pandemic, runaway global warming, and the digital revolution. But what if our familiar everyday lives never come back?
Around the globe, humanity is witnessing in real time how traditional institutions, especially nation-states, are proving incapable of responding adequately to planetary threats and challenges. Even though the answer should be clear: global cooperation instead of national competition.
In his new book, Joschka Fischer shows that the global economy is moving, albeit too slowly, toward decarbonizing energy production to preserve our livelihoods. And he examines why and where international politics has failed so far, despite the Paris Climate Agreement, and where new horizons are opening up.
