I can think of two primary motivation or rather application of this book. We have witnessed a general lack of political will to address climate issues; at the same time, we do not see any other way out. So there seems to be no other way than to put pressure on governments worldwide to take climate change seriously and do whatever it takes to mitigate the effects. This is what climate activism is all about. The more activists joining the movement, the better. And for that the movement needs slogans, advertisements, quotes, banners, to excite people, motivate them and churn action. In my personal opinion, this seems to be the primary motivation for such a book — to bring neutral people into the fold of the movement, to convince them of the severity of the crisis and the urgent need for a drastic and immediate action. And from this perspective, the contribution from celebrities is perfectly justified. After all, di Caprio and Obama are saying so, it must be true! Up to this point, everything is understandable; however, the content, the quotes themselves do not justify such a motivation. In other words, the quotes lack shine, energy, and all of them sound unconvincing. None of the quotes has any effect or impact on the reader/listener. And I seriously doubt if anyone would feel inspired after reading this collection. Merely increasing font size and printing in red colour does not increase the weight of any sentence. The quotes should contain content and in this particular case, facts.

Another possible purpose of this book could be to function as a resource for science communication. While starting the book, I thought that I would come across good quotes that I can put on my presentation slides or include in my general articles. However, I did not find any quote which I could consider useful in this way.

This book may decorate your bookshelf to impress your visitors particularly if you are a climate activist yourself or working in climate change research. Otherwise, this book has limited practical use. While the book cover, pages, colour, print and photographs are splendid and excellent for which the corresponding artists need to be commended; in terms of content, the book is lacking.

An amazing collection of quotes. This was very motivating, inspiring and greatly timely. I highly recommend this to everyone and anyone, and especially those with a deep rooted interest in the climate movement; a modeming in which EVERYONE should have interest in.