Pathways A Possible Futures Podcast

One present.
Many possible pathways.

The technologies you will hear about in these stories are real and already running.

The science does not tell you who benefits, who pays, or what it feels like to live inside the result.

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An introduction to the anthology

Four futures, four writers. Travel in any order.

Four possible futures branching from the present A single line representing the present, splitting into four paths, each leading to one episode of the anthology. here, now The Song of Mhorra Kerry Ryan · a Scottish island, after 'The War' Beachcombers Amadeus Redha · around a walled city, late 21st century Gears of Breath Stefano Cisternino · the Two Air Basin, 2068 The Devouring Forest Phoebe Yemi Ara · a Colombian mangrove, 2075 Four possible futures branching from the present Four paths rising from a single point at the foot of the page, each leading to one episode. The Song of Mhorra Kerry Ryan a Scottish island, after 'The War' Beachcombers Amadeus Redha around a walled city, late 21st century Gears of Breath Stefano Cisternino the Two Air Basin, 2068 The Devouring Forest Phoebe Yemi Ara a Colombian mangrove, 2075 here, now

The four worlds do not follow on from one another.

8.8 billion tonnes a year is what carbon removal needs to reach by 2050, on the central estimate in the State of Carbon Dioxide Removal report. Today it runs at about 2.2 billion, nearly all of it from trees and soil. Read about the science behind the stories