ollowing this week's release of the latest IPCC report on climate change, which sounded stark warnings about the world's inaction on climate change, we asked Diplomatic Courier readers and editors to share some of the books that informed, shocked, inspired, or offered hope and solutions for our changing world. Here are 13 of the most highly-recommended.

Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change by George Marshall. From the founder of the Climate Outreach and Information Network, a groundbreaking take on the most urgent question of our time: Why, despite overwhelming scientific evidence, do we still ignore climate change? Recommended by Dominic Regester.

The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan. The Great Lakes hold 20 percent of the world's supply of fresh water, and are under threat like never before. Recommended by Carolyn Nash.

Notes from an Apocalypse: A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back by Mark O'Connell. An absorbing, deeply felt book about our anxious present tense—and coming to grips with the future. Recommended by Carolyn Nash.

All We Can Save edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinson. An anthology of writings by 60 women at the forefront of the climate movement who are harnessing truth, courage, and solutions to lead humanity forward. Recommended by Carson Sartain.

The Overstory by Richard Powers. A sweeping, impassioned work of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of—and paean to—the natural world. Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. Recommended by Chris Clarke who said, “Overstory knocked my socks off."

Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World by Katharine Hayhoe. A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World. Recommended by John Platt.

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants. Recommended by Mary Carty.

The Prologue: The Alternative Energy Megatrend in the Age of Great Power Competition by Alexander V. Mirtchev. Charting the security-related trajectory of the ascent of alternative energy as a 21st century megatrend. Recommended by Ana Rold.

The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move by Sonia Shah. A prize-winning journalist upends our centuries-long assumptions about migration through science, history, and reporting - predicting its lifesaving power in the face of climate change. Recommended by Molly McCluskey.

Tales of Two Planets: Stories of Climate Change and Inequality in a Divided World. A collection of writings from around the world show how the environmental crisis is hitting some of the most vulnerable communities where they live. edited by John Freeman. Recommended by Molly McCluskey.

The Future Earth: A Radical Vision for What’s Possible in the Age of Warming by Eric Holthaus. The first hopeful book about climate change, The Future Earth shows readers how to reverse the short- and long-term effects of climate change over the next three decades. Recommended by Molly McCluskey.

Climate Justice: A Man-Made Problem with a Feminist Solution by Mary Robinson. The former President of Ireland examines grass-roots, women-led climate justice initiatives. Recommended by Shane Szarkowski.

A Wing & A Prayer by John Morano. The first book in Morano's Eco-Adventure series for kids and young readers, A Wing & A Prayer explores the world through the eyes of an endangered species. Recommended by Molly McCluskey.