Hey, I'm Timbermias, and this is NPR's Book of the Day. It's been called the existential issue of our time, and one that's caused anxiety for a lot of people. I'm talking about climate change, and chances are it's had some kind of effect on your life, from extreme heat to unseasonable

weather. And truth be told, it is scary to think about just how bad things can get. But data

scientist Hannah Ritchie says, not so fast. She takes on this topic in her new book, Not the End of

the World, how we can be the first generation to build a

sustainable planet. In it, she looks at a lot of data and concludes that, yeah, things are bad,

but in some ways we're moving in the right direction in addressing some of the driving

forces of climate change. And there are things that we can do now to make things better.

She spoke about the book with NPR's Andrew Limbong.

In the U.S., national security news can feel far away from daily life.

Distant wars, murky conflicts, diplomacy behind closed doors on our new show, Sources and Methods.

NPR reporters on the ground bring you stories of real people, helping you understand

why distant events matter here at home.

Listen to sources and methods on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.

You've heard it here on our air, and probably from wherever else you get your news.

When it comes to the health of the earth, of the big rock we all live on, it's not looking good, folks.

2023 marked the hottest year on record by a lot.

That's according to scientists in the EU.

Sea levels are rising so fast that we might see many of California's beaches washed away by the end of the century.

And to top it off, a recent study concluded something climate researchers have been saying for a bit now

that it's unlikely will achieve the target global warming limits as set by the Paris Agreement.

Like I said, it's bleak out here.

But what if it's not all bad?

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