<b>Chosen by Barack Obama as one of his favourite reads of 2020</b><b>Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organisation was simple: To advocate for the world's future generations and to protect all living creatures, present and future. It soon became known as the Ministry for the Future, and this is its story.</b> From legendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson comes a vision of climate change unlike any ever imagined.Told entirely through fictional eye-witness accounts, <i>The Ministry For The Future</i> is a masterpiece of the imagination, the story of how climate change will affect us all over the decades to come.Its setting is not a desolate, post-apocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us - and in which we might just overcome the extraordinary challenges we face.It is a novel both immediate and impactful, desperate and hopeful in equal measure, and it is one of the most powerful and original books on climate change ever written.<b>'<i>The Ministry for the Future</i> ranks among Robinson's best recent works, a collection of actions and observations that adds up to more than the sum of its eclectic and urgent parts'</b> <i>Sierra</i><b>'A breathtaking look at the challenges that face our planet in all their sprawling magnitude and also in their intimate, individual moments of humanity'</b> <i>Booklist</i> (starred review)<b>'Gutsy, humane... This heartfelt work of hard science-fiction is a must-read for anyone worried about the future of the planet'</b> <i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review)<b>'Portrays a vision of the near future where, if some people work hard enough, maybe everything won't come to an end'</b> <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> Also by Kim Stanley Robinson:<i>Red Moon</i><i>New York 2140</i><i>2312</i><i>Aurora</i><i>Shaman</i>