World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse

　　Lester Brown's World on the Edge sounds an environmental alarm that extends far beyond polar bear count estimates and mildly disturbing temperature warnings. This paperback original places our escalating global warming crises in terms of water-driven food shortages and catastrophic sea level rises. However, Brown is no grim alarmist: This United National Environment Prize winner writes convincingly about measures that we need to take to avoid calamities that could affect almost every American household.

作者簡介

　　Lester R. Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute, is one of the world’s most widely published authors, with books in more than forty languages. He has been honored with numerous prizes, including a MacArthur Fellowship, the United Nations Environment Prize, and Japan’s Blue Planet Prize. He lives in Washington, DC.