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RON JACOBS is moved to tears by an eloquent journal of heartfelt intensity and human portraiture
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The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future
by David Wallace-Wells
(Allen Lane, £20)
CLEARLY intended to shock, last month the Guardian published a report warning that climate risks were similar to the 2008 financial crash.
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