Book cover titled "Currents of Change: El Niño's Impact on Climate and Society," a 1996 climate book by Michael H. Glantz.

My 1996 ‘Climate Book of the Year’

Mike Hulme | 30/01/2025

Glantz,M.H. (1996) Currents of Change: El Niño’s Impact on Climate and Society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 194pp. This essay continues my series of monthly posts in which I select one ‘climate’ book to highlight and review from one of...

An illustrated world map with countries in bright colors is surrounded by dark clouds against a blue background, subtly hinting at the geopolitics shaping our ever-changing climate.

Geopolitics, History and Climate Change: A Personal View

Mike Hulme | 13/01/2025

“To think that we can draw some useful analogies from history dramatically underestimates the novelty and scale of the climate challenge.”[2] “In the contest between geopolitics and sustainable climate policies, the former takes precedence.”[3] Starting in the early 1980s,...

Close-up of the 1995 edition of "Climate, History and the Modern World," a climate book featuring a black and white image of turbulent water in the background.

My 1995 ‘Climate Book of the Year’

Mike Hulme | 01/01/2025

Lamb,H.H. (1995) Climate History and the Modern World. (2nd edition). London & New York: Routledge. 433pp. This essay continues my series of monthly posts in which I select one ‘climate’ book to highlight and review from one of the...

Cover of the 1994 Climate Book titled "The Economics of Climate Change" by William D. Nordhaus. The background blends green and blue tones, echoing the environmental themes within.

My 1994 ‘Climate Book of the Year’

Mike Hulme | 06/12/2024

Nordhaus,W.D. (1994) Managing the Global Commons: The Economics of Climate Change. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 213pp. This essay continues my series of monthly posts in which I select one ‘climate’ book to highlight and review from one of the...

‘IPCC-envy’: Why do other science-policy issues want an IPCC, and should they?

Mike Hulme | 05/11/2024

The academic publisher Sage, have launched a new climate journal, titled ‘Dialogues on Climate Change‘, edited by Dr Rob Bellamy at the University of Manchester. I was invited to write a short essay about the IPCC for the inaugural issue and this has now been published. I reproduce the abstract below: “The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel […]

The cover of the 1993 climate book, "The Global Greenhouse Regime," features purple text on a vibrant yellow background adorned with abstract diagonal lines.

My 1993 ‘Climate Book of the Year’

Mike Hulme | 01/11/2024

Hayes,P. and Smith,K.R. (eds.) (1993) The Global Greenhouse Regime: Who Pays? Science, Economics and North-South Politics in the Climate Change Convention. Tokyo/London: UNU Press/Earthscan. 382pp. This essay continues my series of monthly posts in which I select one ‘climate’...

Cover of the 1992 edition of "Dictionary of Global Climate Change" with the title in red and black lettering within a red border.

My 1992 ‘Climate Book of the Year’

Mike Hulme | 02/10/2024

Maunder,W.J. (1992) Dictionary of Global Climate Change. [1st edn.] London: UCL Press. 240pp. This essay continues my series of monthly posts in which I select one ‘climate’ book to highlight and review from one of the 44 years of...

Book cover with the title "Strange Weather" in yellow text against a black background. The lower part of the cover shows a partial image with abstract designs, evoking themes of climate change and unusual patterns.

My 1991 ‘Climate Book of the Year’

Mike Hulme | 10/09/2024

Ross,A. (1991) Strange Weather: Culture, Science and Technology in the Age of Limits. London/New York: Verso. 275pp. This essay continues my series of monthly posts in which I select one ‘climate’ book to highlight and review from one of...

A blue, digital illustration depicting a data lake with buildings, a cloud icon, graphs, and a magnifying glass—representing data storage, cloud computing, and data analysis—alongside digital twins of Earth.

‘Bring digital twins back to Earth’

Mike Hulme | 27/08/2024

In this Perspective essay published today in WIREs Climate Change, and led by philosopher of models, Andrea Saltelli, we reflect on the development of digital twins of the Earth, which we associate with a reductionist view of nature as...

Cover of "IMAGE: An Integrated Model to Assess the Greenhouse Effect," a 1990 climate book, featuring red and white text on a light blue background.

My 1990 ‘Climate Book of the Year’

Mike Hulme | 08/08/2024

Rotmans,J. (1990) IMAGE: An Integrated Model to Assess the Greenhouse Effect. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic. 289pp. This essay continues my series of monthly posts in which I select one ‘climate’ book to highlight and review from one of the 44...

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My 1996 ‘Climate Book of the Year’

Geopolitics, History and Climate Change: A Personal View

My 1995 ‘Climate Book of the Year’

My 1994 ‘Climate Book of the Year’

‘IPCC-envy’: Why do other science-policy issues want an IPCC, and should they?

My 1993 ‘Climate Book of the Year’

My 1992 ‘Climate Book of the Year’

My 1991 ‘Climate Book of the Year’

‘Bring digital twins back to Earth’

My 1990 ‘Climate Book of the Year’