THE BOOK IN PICTURES.
A CURATED SUBSET OF THE BOOK'S DIAGRAMS, CHARTS, AND MAPS — SHOWN HERE AS THUMBNAILS WITH ATTRIBUTION AND DOI. FULL-RESOLUTION COPIES LIVE IN THE PRINT AND EBOOK EDITIONS.
FIG 1.1PG 25 The greenhouse effect
How human activity intensifies the natural greenhouse effect — agriculture, transport, heating, and manufacturing as primary GHG drivers.
FIG 1.2PG 28 Global temperature anomalies, 1860–2023
Annual global temperature departure from the 1951–1980 baseline. The acceleration after 1970 is the visual signature of anthropogenic warming.
FIG 1.4PG 30 Mauna Loa CO₂, 1960–2023
The iconic Keeling Curve — atmospheric CO₂ concentration measured at Mauna Loa, rising from ~316 ppm in 1959 to over 410 ppm in 2023, with seasonal sawtooth.
FIG 1.5PG 33 The 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals
Adopted in 2015 with a 2030 horizon — the global blueprint that anchors every modern ESG framework and most sustainable investment theses.
FIG 1.6PG 35 Top GHG-emitting countries, 2021
China, the US, India, Russia, Japan — the geographic distribution of climate responsibility.
FIG 1.7PG 40 Top asset managers by sustainable fund AUM
Where institutional ESG capital concentrates — the consolidation that PRI growth produced (Morningstar, 2023).
FIG 3.2PG 109 Doughnut Economics
Kate Raworth's framework integrating social foundations (inner ring) with planetary boundaries (outer ring). The safe and just zone is the doughnut between them.
FIG 3.3PG 112 Planetary Boundaries dashboard
Stockholm Resilience Centre's nine-segment dashboard. Status as of the 2023 update — six boundaries transgressed.
FIG 3.4PG 117 Garment lifecycle in fast fashion
The H&M garment lifecycle — production, use, disposal — and its environmental cost as a worked example of supply-chain transparency.
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