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Degrees of Failure: Global Warming Is Rising Faster Than Promised, and How Humanity Can Turn It Around
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 5 2025
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.28 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Every promise made to protect our planet carries weight. Yet, as new reports show, the climate change promises made by world leaders have not kept pace with the crisis we face. Degrees of Failure exposes why global warming of 2.8 C may be our future if action remains slow and how the gap between ambition and action continues to widen.
Drawing from the emissions gap report 2025 and insights from leading scientists, author James P. Spinelli explains how the Paris Agreement failures reveal deep cracks in our global commitment. He shows in clear language why global warming is rising, what a temperature rise of 2100 means for ordinary life, and how readers can help close what emissions gap that means for the next generation.
In this eye-opening exploration, Spinelli reveals how nations off-target climate goals still have the power to change direction. The book lays out real steps toward how to turn around climate change through innovation, cooperation, and responsibility. It simplifies complex ideas like climate policy shortfall, carbon budget explanation, and what an NDC climate so every reader can understand the problem and the path forward.
Degrees of Failure offers hope and clarity in a time of uncertainty. Spinelli describes the science behind mitigation and adaptation, the dangers of overshoot temperature rise, and the scale of greenhouse gas reductions needed to keep the planet safe. Through accessible examples and storytelling, he explains the science of climate warming and connects it to everyday choices.
Readers will come away understanding how climate action plans 2100 forecast shape our collective future and why the urgency for emissions cuts has never been greater. Spinelli's message is both sobering and empowering: change is still possible if we choose it. The book brings to life realistic climate future scenarios and reminds us that the climate responsibility everyone all share is both moral and practical.
Perfect for readers of climate change non-fiction book titles who want facts without jargon, Degrees of Failure bridges the gap between policies vs promises, climate realities and personal action. Explaining the difference between the 1.5 C target and the 2 C target helps readers grasp how each degree matters and why even small shifts can alter the planet's course.
In the end, Spinelli offers more than analysis-he offers direction. His call to action shows how humanity can turn its climate around by facing the truth, demanding accountability, and working together before time runs out. Thought-provoking, urgent, and deeply human, Degrees of Failure is not just about science-it's about survival, hope, and the power of collective action.
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