Dieter Helm is Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Oxford and Fellow in Economics at New College, Oxford

The inconvenient truth is that we are causing the climate crisis with our carbon intensive lifestyles and that fixing – or even just slowing – it will affect all of us. But it can be done.

What can we really do about the climate emergency?

News about Britain’s wildlife and ecosystems tends to be grim. In Green and Prosperous Land, Oxford economist and Natural Capital Committee chair Dieter Helm shares his radical but tangible plan for positive change.

‘One of the most important books of the decade’
Country Life

Low oil prices are sending shockwaves through the global economy, and longtime industry observer Dieter Helm explains how this and other shifts are the harbingers of a coming energy revolution and how the fossil fuel age will come to an end.

‘Dieter Helm has redefined the study of energy economics. His must-read new book is a prescient and gripping analysis of the trends which are reshaping our world’
Edward Lucas, Senior Editor, The Economist

Hard-hitting recommendations for what must be done to manage global natural capital and reverse environmental destruction

‘The book is a valuable contribution, written by an author who knows his subject and cares deeply about his message’
Nick Hanley, Nature

In a new edition of his hard-hitting book on climate change, economist Dieter Helm looks at how and why we have failed to tackle the issue of global warming and argues for a new, pragmatic rethinking of energy policy.

‘An optimistically levelheaded book about actually dealing with global warming’
Kirkus Reviews, starred review