In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. Taking us on an extraordinary journey into the past and around the globe, from coral reefs to the North Pole, deserts to rainforests, Tim Flannery's A Warning from the Golden Toad tells the story of the earth's climate, and how we have changed it. Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and affirm our place at the heart of its restoration. Their words have endured through the decades, becoming the classics of a movement. Together, these books show the richness of environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner, greener world.

Tim Flannery (b. 1956) is one of Australia's leading writers on climate change. An internationally acclaimed scientist, palaeontologist and conservationist, Flannery has discovered more than 30 mammal species during the span of his career.