Polita clark is our business colonist and an associate editor at the f t. You can read her list of the best new books on climate at f t dot com. If you could only take one book to the beach, it actually wouldn't be one that's on your list. Why is that? And what is it? Ok! Well, i could not include what is, beyond doubt, my favourite climate book, fiction or non fiction, possibly almost ever. It's called ministry for the future by kim stanley robinson. Came out last year. Didn't make the cut off point for this list.