Elemental: The New Geography of Climate Change and How We Survive it

An extraordinary mastery of geopolitics, combining years on the ground in the most challenging places, a raw instinct for politics and a deep ethical concern for the world in the face of climate catastrophe. A masterpiece. – Rory StewartA powerful, passionate and utterly convincing book, which brings a diplomat’s experience to bear on why climate change is driving conflict and disorder in our world and what can still be done to reverse these alarming trends. – Lord Peter Ricketts, former UK National Security Adviser, ex-head of the diplomatic service and UK ambassador to FranceA terrific, highly readable, clear-eyed assessment of the ways a hotter climate will dramatically upend the comforting certainties of our modern world. Essential analysis for policymakers and excellent preparation for all of us who have a stake in the new reality we’re making. – Gaia Vince, author of Nomad Century: How to Survive the Climate UpheavalWhich nations will rise, and which will fall, in our climate change-affected future remains uncertain, but Elemental is essential reading for anyone interested in these questions * Prospect Magazine *Connects environmental crisis to geopolitics with urgent clarity. * i Paper *Enlightening but often shocking… Although much of what he chronicles in Elemental is alarming, Snell is no doom-mongering pessimist. He offers a vision of the future in which change can be good news * Mail on Sunday *

Arthur Snell is an expert on the interaction between geopolitics and climate change with a degree in History from the University of Oxford. He has over thirty years’ experience in conflict zones and fragile states throughout the Middle East and Africa, and advised governments - including Ukraine during the current conflict - on a range of security- and conflict-related issues. He is also an Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute, the world’s oldest think tank, a former British Ambassador, and has hosted numerous podcasts which have had millions of downloads.