"Water at 0°c is a solid, but at 1°c becomes a liquid. A one degree difference. What we just saw in Nepal is what happens when a glacier melts and snaps off. Climate change is not gradual or linear. It can be sudden and hugely destructive." / @gavin.baskerville

Awhile ago, @champacabooks shared their reccos for ‘5 reads for the changing climate’, and listed below are three books from their post that caught our attention, and that we’re most likely to add to our TBR pile to better understand and navigate climate change and climate anxiety.

“At Champaca, we firmly believe that making sense of the climate emergency requires looking through several registers of information—from global politics and ground-level activism to psychological resilience and our deep, philosophical connection to nature.”

(Champaca is an independently-owned, women-run bookstore in the heart of Bengaluru. While they have two physical stores (Vasanth Nagar & Indiranagar), they also operate an online store that ships across the country. They are a diverse community of readers who believe that "a good bookshelf should hold a world of voices and stories, from across time, place, and experience." Shop via the links below for 10% off on the Champaca website.)

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Rs.599 / CHAMPACA 01 The Heat & the Fury In this ground-breaking book, environmental journalist, Peter Schwartzstein, draws on more than a decade of  experience with reporting from dozens of countries—to write about the unexpected ways in which climate change is feeding global unrest and conflict. Through the stories of the soldiers, farmers, spies and others affected around the world, he makes sense of a form of conflict that remains poorly understood, even as it devastates the lives of so many millions of people. As Schwartztein's unparalleled reporting shows, there's nothing inevitable about climate violence. In fact, as he sets out, the same stresses that are pitching people against one another can even help bring them back together. 02 A Green Day: Embracing Climate Action The impassioned essays, noteworthy profiles and first-person narratives in this anthology, champion grassroots and global environmental movements that have persuaded policymakers and mobilized communities to take note of the worsening state of the natural order. While calling for collective action, these wide-ranging, inspiring and urgent stories reflect a diverse landscape of climate activism and are enough evidence that a sea change is possible. Rs.499 / CHAMPACA Rs.799 / CHAMPACA 03 Surviving Climate Anxiety In this first book of its kind, Doherty (who is a pioneer in the crucial, fast-growing field of climate anxiety and 'one of the most visible authorities on climate change and psychology,' according to The New York Times) shares his unique step-by-step psychological approach to understanding and healing our environmental anguish, a process he has been teaching practitioners and patients for over 15 years. 'The Sustainable Self' provides readers with the tools and knowledge they need to orient themselves in the truth of our current climate crisis, to be able to manage their own reactions to it, and plan for their future of positive personal growth.