An international bestseller that Slate calls “provocative, rich, forward-thinking, and powerful”

“When a moderate New York journalist writes about the corrosive influence of hydrocarbons, the moral collapse of his country and the threat of climate anarchy, you know you have an important and timely book in your hands.”—Globe and Mail

In his brilliant, essential new book, Thomas L. Friedman explains how global warming, rapidly growing populations, and the astonishing expansion of the world’s middle class through globalization have produced a planet that is “hot, flat, and crowded.” Already the earth is being affected in ways that threaten to make it dangerously unstable. In just a few years, it will be too late to fix things--unless the world’s superpowers step up now and take the lead in an effort to replace our wasteful, inefficient energy practices with a strategy for clean energy, energy efficiency, and conservation that Friedman calls "Code Green".

In Hot, Flat, and Crowded's vivid, entertaining chapters, Friedman makes it clear that the green revolution we need is like no revolution the world has seen. It will be the biggest innovation project in history; it will be hard, not easy; and it will change everything from what you put into your car to what you see on your electric bill.

Hot, Flat, and Crowded is classic Thomas Friedman: fearless, incisive, forward-looking, and rich in surprising common sense about the challenge--and the promise--of the future.

“A compelling manifesto that deserves a wide reading.” —Boston Globe

“Like it or not, we need Tom Friedman . . . By and large [he] gets the big issues right.” —Washington Post

• Nearly 30,000 sold in Canada in hardcover
• A Globe and Mail Best Non-fiction Book of the Year 2008