Please note, this event is arranged with the support and cooperation of Climate Action Taunton We have all the technology we need to live better than ever before, and yet humanity is still accelerating into a climate and ecological emergency. To understand why - and to give ourselves a chance of doing better - we have to look at the challenge from new angles. A Climate of Truth does this by standing further back from the problem to gain perspective, by digging deeper under the surface to see the root causes, by joining up every element of the challenges we face, and by learning from our failures so far. The need for radically higher standards of honesty - especially in our politics, media, and business - emerges as the single most critical point of leverage for those seeking change. This urgent and practical book points to what all of us can do to maximise ourimpact and be part of the evolution that humanity so urgently needs to avoid the polycrisis. MIKE BERNERS-LEE thinks, writes, researches and consults on sustainability and responses to the challenges of the twenty-first century. He is the founder of Small World Consulting (SWC), an associate company of Lancaster University, which works with organisations from small businesses to the biggest tech giants. About his first book How Bad Are Bananas? The Carbon Footprint of Everything Bill Bryson wrote I can't remember the last time I read a book that was more fascinating, useful and enjoyable all at the same time'. His second book (co-written with Duncan Clark) The Burning Question: We Can't Burn Half the World's Oil, Coal, and Gas. So How Do We Quit? explores the big picture of climate change and the underlying global dynamics, asking what mix of politics, economics, psychology and technology are really required to deal with the problem. His third book was There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make-or-Break Years, which the Financial Times described as a handbook for how humanity can thrive. Mike is a professor in the Institute for Social Futures at Lancaster University, where he develops practical tools for thinking about the future and researches the global food system and carbon metrics.