"This is the ultimate survival guide for our species. Lester Brown plots a path around and beyond the looming environmental abyss with courage, compassion and immense wisdom." —Jonathan Watts, Asia Environment Correspondent for The Guardian and author of When A Billion Chinese Jump on World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse

Lester Brown was interviewed for the latest edition of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) News. "Among the environmental issues affecting our economic prospects, climate change is certainly the area in which awareness has grown most rapidly during recent years. Unfortunately, we don’t see that much awareness on desertification," he said. Read the full interview here.