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Shelly
This book is more about the relationships between the characters, rather than their relationship with the environment. Although it does describe in vivid detail HOW they survive and interact with their environment. But there's no great lesson at the end (at least in my opinion) about treating the Earth better.
Johnathan Reid
This question is hard to answer because of how it's framed. The two can't be separated. Anthropogenic climate change is one of the consequences of poor atmospheric environment policies over the last 150 years. And of course climate changes from any cause lead to environmental changes. Putting it the other way round : If we'd always had good environmental policies, we wouldn't now be trying to deal with anthropogenic climate change.
Mahina Nightsage
All of the above. Although there isn't a lot of discussion about climate change per se, it is mentioned and the general degradation of the environment and death of species from human encroachment is the backdrop for why the characters are in the New Wilderness. I highly recommend reading it. Something about it is haunting. Maybe it is the planet haunting us and demanding we do better!
Susan
Climate change is never overtly mentioned. Overpopulation and poor land development seems to be the problem of why the people are in the wilderness.
Nancy Martin
The book is dystopian. How the world got to the point it is in, is not clearly explained, except in reference to overpopulation and depleted natural resources.
Mark Cofta
We don't receive a lot of exposition about the climate, and what we learn about the environment of The City -- apparently, all of the US (or world) outside this wilderness refuge -- is that it's urbanized to the point where only a few treasured trees remain and the only "wild" animals are rats. In the wilderness, there's a huge toxic river that seems spoiled by pollution, and The City is cloaked in permanent smog. Man's influence, literally paving paradise to make an infinitely vast parking lot, seems to be at fault for the environment's demise.
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