I am documenting these changes, talking to ordinary people, scientists and heads of state as we enter into the Anthropocene. This book is a passion project born out of frustration for the way we are dealing with the biggest crisis humanity has faced in its history. Unfortunately, the same politicians who are failing to deal properly with migration are the same ones we are depending on to avoid dangerous climate breakdown. She notes that the camp is in effect a poorly planned city in which human potential is being wasted, breeding a sense of hopelessness. Efforts to reduce carbon emissions, though vital to the future survival of humanity, are already unlikely to limit global heating to the extent that we avoid further displacement.

Vince’s deeply humane vision of facilitated mass migration may seem unrealistic against the current backdrop of hysteria about asylum seekers in many parts of Europe and the United States. We must take control of our future, and that means making a plan to protect the well-​­being of all humans, rich and poor, from every continent, as we enter the challenging environment of the coming decades. The question, she says, is whether the transition will be managed calmly or whether "hunger and conflict will erupt - an unconscionable outcome that would endanger us all" -- Anhana Ahuja, Books of the Year * New Statesman * After a year in which wildfires, storms and floods have driven thousands from their homes, this book's warning about a rising population of climate migrants has a chilling resonance. I have yet to read a book that takes the question of how to survive the coming decades more seriously -- David Farrier * Prospect * A powerful, provocative argument * Nature * After a summer of climate catastrophes, not least the appalling floods that left a third of Pakistan under water at the end of August, now should be the moment to consider radical solutions -- Philippa Nuttall * New Statesman * Engaging and constructive. Her account of human development, meanwhile, argues that movement and mixing are essential to the survival of life (a subject explored more fully by Sonia Shah in her 2020 book The Next Great Migration).A tour de force… Nomad Century should be on the reading list of anyone and everyone in any position of power. Ice melt and coral reef loss are already dangerously accelerating: solar reflectivity, such as cloud brightening, should be deployed without delay, and other technologies to reduce temperatures should be explored. She takes us on a tour of cutting-edge technologies – from mats made of algae that float on the ocean and can be used to grow crops, to particles that can be injected into the atmosphere to reflect solar radiation – while remaining clear about their limitations. There should be a copy on every desk in Whitehall -- Michael Brooks, Books of the Year * New Statesman * A tour de force. While the climate catastrophe is finally getting the attention it deserves, the inevitability of mass migration has been largely ignored.

From Bangladesh to Sudan to the western United States, and in cities from Cardiff to New Orleans to Shanghai, the quadruple threat of drought, heat, wildfires and flooding will utterly reshape Earth's human geography in the coming decades.Millions of refugees from Ukraine have been accepted by European countries that simultaneously claim they cannot possibly cope with the influx of smaller numbers across the Mediterranean. An important and provocative start to a crucial conversation -- Bill McKibben This book is a rather astounding addition to a growing body of thought that suggests the twenty-first century is going to include, and even require, lots of human migration-and that handled correctly, this could be part of a good adaptation to the climate and biosphere crisis we are now entering. I have been blown away by the generous support NOMAD CENTURY has received from reviewers, including some of the people I most admire. We can survive, but to do so will require a planned and deliberate migration of a kind humanity has never before undertaken.