• "The book is still the greatest manmade machine of all - not the car, not the TV, not the smartphone."

     Ken Burns, 2016

  • In our Book Report series, we'd like to introduce ourselves via our bookshelf and share the books that most shape our diplomacy.

Polar Embassy Book Reports

Book Report V: How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

Book Report V: How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

Humans emit 51 billion tons of greenhouse gas every year. Gates lays out a sobering but optimistic vision of getting that to zero using innovative technology and policy.

Book Report V: How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

Humans emit 51 billion tons of greenhouse gas every year. Gates lays out a sobering but optimistic vision of getting that to zero using innovative technology and policy.

Book Report IV: Black Heroes

Book Report IV: Black Heroes

Profiles in Black German excellence from every slice of life.

Book Report IV: Black Heroes

Profiles in Black German excellence from every slice of life.

iPad with the cover of Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth.

Book Report III: Doughnut Economics

Growth is great, but then what? "The Doughnut" is a new goalpost for economies and societies that thrive fairly and sustainably.

Book Report III: Doughnut Economics

Growth is great, but then what? "The Doughnut" is a new goalpost for economies and societies that thrive fairly and sustainably.

Book Report II: Modern Tarot

Book Report II: Modern Tarot

A fun and insightful introduction to the Tarot.

Book Report II: Modern Tarot

A fun and insightful introduction to the Tarot.

Hand holding blue and green "Cradle to Cradle" book in front of a bookstore in Berlin.

Book Report I: Cradle to Cradle

"Waste equals food" in this manifesto for the circular economy.

Book Report I: Cradle to Cradle

"Waste equals food" in this manifesto for the circular economy.