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10 Billion is a first book by scientist Stephen Emmott, which he launches at the Science Museum on 18th July. Afterwards, join him in conversation with Observer editor John Mulholland.
Emmott’s book lays out a compelling argument for how we have become the cause of every global problem we face. We have grown to a population of seven billion, and as we head towards ten billion every problem is set to get worse – much worse. Indeed, Emmott claims that we are facing nothing less than a planetary emergency.
He won’t tell you to recycle. He won’t tell you to buy an electric car. 10 Billion is anything but a ‘green’ book. It is a book about us. It’s about the failure of us, as individuals, as governments, and as corporations.
Stephen Emmott is Head of Computational Science at Microsoft and Professor of Computational Science at the University of Oxford. He is a Distinguished Fellow of The UK’s National Endowment for Science, Technology & the Arts. And in 2012 Stephen became the star of the critically acclaimed one-man ‘show’ 10 Billion, directed by Katie Mitchell and performed at The Royal Court Theatre in London. The Guardian’s Michael Billington named it the theatrical event of 2012.