Also, though they are not about climate as such, Jon Alexander's Citizen and Rutger Bregman's Humankind and Utopia for Realists - because only together can we find a way through this.

Mark Lynas' Six Degrees, Tim Flannery's Weathermakers and Jom Hansens' Storms of my Grandchildren were foundational for me and still apply. For solutions now: George Monbiot's Regenesis. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson's All We Can Save. Thich Nhat Hanh's Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet.

I have been thinking that for a long time (that we’ll hit around 2.6 by 2100) however, it would be good if you gave a source for this statement. Makes it less easy for people to deny and scoff at

I had tried Discover but the accounts suggested were not really interesting for me. Oh well, growing pains I guess.

Welcome Desi :)