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Bill Weir is America’s leading climate reporter. His new book is a celebration of our planet and human brilliance. It is a hopeful plea for communities to rally around nature, new ideas and each other, to create the kind of resilience that lasts generations.

A Note To Readers…

Life as We Know It (Can Be) began with the letters I write to my son every Earth Day—a record of hopes and fears in turbulent times and a guide to life on a planet transformed.

Pulling from my decades of experience as a journalist and CNN's chief climate correspondent, I've chosen stories that weave together the worry and wonder with dozens of practical and inspiring reminders that a better future can still be written for us all.

Letter To My Son.

CNN correspondent Bill Weir shares video of the moment his son River was born. He reads a letter to River about the state of the world and the warnings not heeded about climate change.

  • "Life as We Know it (Can Be) is simply one of those books that can change the way you see the world. Bill Weir has drawn upon his years of reporting on climate change – travels which have taken him literally around the world – to write an important book for our time. Brilliantly researched and masterfully crafted, this book will change the way you see climate change and fill you with hope for your collective future.
If you wake up at night worried about climate change and what to do about it. If young people in your life suffer from eco-anxiety. Read this book."

    Leila Philip Author of ‘Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America’ and New York Times Best Selling Author

  • “Bill Weir is one of America’s great storytellers. In this timely debut, he takes us around the world and gives us a front-row seat to one of the world’s most pressing issues: climate change. Life as We Know It (Can Be) gives us hope—and some real solutions—to build a more promising future.”

    Dan Buettner, National Geographic Fellow and #1 New York Times Best Selling Author of The Blue Zones books

  • “Life as We Know It (Can Be) is a clear-eyed, heartfelt argument against despair. It is also a kind of instruction manual for how to live in an age of so much loss. Weir risks writing both rigorously and personally, as a climate journalist and as a father. The result is sobering and inspiring.”

    Jonathan Safran Foer, New York Times Best Selling Author

  • “There is no other correspondent like Bill Weir, and there’s certainly no other book like this one. It’s moving, funny, frank, well-researched, beautifully written, and looks at climate change in a way I’ve never seen before.”

    Anderson Cooper, CNN Anchor, ‘60 Minutes; Correspondent, and New York Times Best Selling Author

  • “Bill Weir provides insightful, alarming, but ultimately hopeful coverage of the climate crisis. His new book is a gorgeous love letter to his son but also to Earth and humanity. Read this for insight, solutions, and an exhilarating journey.”

    Jake Tapper, CNN Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent, and New York Times Best Selling Author