A new book is asking readers, what if we get it right on climate change?

This book is my answer to the question of why we should all bother, like why it is worth

the effort even though none of us can individually control the outcome to just try anyway.

It's Tuesday, September 17th, and you're listening to Science Friday.

I'm Sci-Fi producer Deep Peter Schmidt.

Part of the reason it's difficult to talk about climate change is that it can be hard to see a long-term positive outcome for the planet and the people who live on it.

But today's guest argues that in order to prevent the worst effects of climate change, we have to start

instead by asking ourselves, what if we get it right?

Well, Dr. Iana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, policy wonk,

co-founder of the Urban Ocean Lab.

And she's the author of a new book with that same title,

What if we get it right?

Visions of climate futures.

In the book, she poses that question to experts in oceans,

farming, architecture, finance, even Hollywood,

to find out what getting it right looks like in their own fields and what those solutions could look like for the rest of us.

Here's Ira Flato with more.

Dr Johnson, welcome back to Science Friday.

It's so good to be back with you, Ira.

It's nice to have you.

What were you not getting from other climate books or reporting

that made you write this book?

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