Fisher brilliantly outlines how climate adaptation must happen with people, not for people. A crucial roadmap for turning climate paralysis into determined action, where it counts the most.

Christiana Figueres, former executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Sink or Swim shows us that adapting to climate change is a critical part of climate justice. Through a compelling and meticulously researched narrative, Susannah Fisher highlights the urgent need to face up to the scale of climate impacts and sets out how people can be at the heart of a fair and just response.

Mary Robinson, UN Special Envoy on Climate

A clear and hopeful book which brings to life a hard but vital question of our time - how do we not only live with degrees of climate change but imagine better futures within them?

Alice Bell, author of Our Biggest Experiment

Sink or Swim summarises the choice we face right now. This big-picture take on the unfolding global crisis and the part we all need to be playing right now is carefully researched and action-oriented. It is realistically stark but hopeful.

Mike Berners-Lee, author of A Climate of Truth

Informative, engaging and pulling no punches, Sink or Swim is a must-read for anyone willing to face the tough choices around climate change adaptation. Nicely blending realism and hope, Fisher tells a tale of two futures: the bleak one into which we are sleepwalking, and the brighter one possible if we act now.

Elizabeth Cripps, author of What Climate Justice Means and Why We Should Care

In laying out the dire stakes of the climate crisis, Fisher reminds us the situation is as complicated as it is unjust. This book is thoroughly researched yet accessibly written, and with urgency brimming off every page, it left me feeling inspired, courageous, and compelled to act. A must-read for anybody looking to make positive change amid ongoing chaos.

Madeleine Orr, author of Warming Up