Saving the environment is our collective duty. With each passing day, climate change is causing Pacific islands to disappear into the sea, accelerating the extinction of species at alarming proportions and aggravating a water shortage that has affected the entire European continent. In short, climate change can no longer be denied – it threatens our existence on earth.

In this inspiring new book, the Dalai Lama, one of the most influential figures of our time, calls on political decision-makers to finally fight against deadlock and ignorance on this issue. He argues that we all need to stand up for a different and more climate-friendly world, and to allow the younger generation to assert their right to regain their future.

From the voice of the beloved world religious leader comes this eye-opening manifesto that empowers the generation of today to step up, take action and protect our world.

Intro -- Half-Title -- Title -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1. Life is holy -- 2. Climate emergency -- 3. The world's most likeable person -- 4. Humankind's survival is at stake -- 2 The Third World War Against Nature by Franz Alt -- 1. Humankind is losing control -- 2. Four hundred million climate refugees -- 3. Millions take to the streets with Greta -- 4. What could rescue look like? -- 5. Dare for a future -- 3 Save the Environment - The Dalai Lama's Climate Appeal to the World -- 1. Buddha would be Green - Me too, I am Green -- 2. Environmental education -- 3. Universal responsibility
4. The revolution of compassion -- 4 Franz Alt's Interview with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama -- 1. The purpose of life is to be happy -- 2. We are all children of one world -- 3. Without humans the Earth would be doing better -- 4. The Himalayan glaciers are vanishing -- 5. A nuclear war would be the last in the history of humankind -- 6. More education of the heart -- 5 The Solar Age Begins - The Sun Wins -- 1. Solar energy is social energy -- 2. We should lock up the politicians -- 3. Rebirth calls for environmental protection -- 4. Buddha: 'We are what we think'
5. Greta: 'Our house is on fire' -- 6 The Mountains Here are as Bald as a Monk's Head -- 1. Plant trees -- 2. Ethics is more important than religion -- 3. Vegetarianism helps the climate -- 4. Buddhists disapprove of killing as a sport -- 7 The Sheltering Tree of Interdependence -- A Buddhist Monk's Reflections on Ecological Responsibility -- 8 For a Solar Age -- Epilogue -- 1. Reconciling economy and ecology -- 2. There is no matter -- 3. In depth all life is one -- 4. No child should starve to death -- 5. Disarming instead of rearming -- 6. Managing with nature, not against it
7. Deeds are evidence of the truth -- 9 Ten Commandments for the Climate -- 10 What Can I Do? -- 1. Choose wisely -- 2. Is there still hope for us? -- Acknowledgements -- Index -- Copyright