Humanity stands at a fork in the road when it comes to dealing with the climate emergency – and failure to act risks catastrophe.

Climate scientist and conservationist Professor Tim Flannery doesn’t hold back in his latest book on climate change, The Climate Cure: Solving the Climate Emergency in the Era of Covid-19.

Named Australian of the Year in 2007 in recognition of his work in trying to combat climate change, he notes since then humans have emitted about a quarter of all the greenhouse gases ever emitted by our species.

The book urges Australia’s government, and governments around the globe, to take the lessons learned and successes gained from the Covid-19 pandemic and apply them to action on climate change.