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The Fate of the World: A history and future of the climate crisis by Bill McGuire

The Fate of the World: A history and future of the climate crisis: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Fate of the World: A history and future of the climate crisis runs 8.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kaffe Keating (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.6listening hrs
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)store shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Fate of the World: A history and future of the climate crisis at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.6 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf

696 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Fate of the World: A history and future of the climate crisis is an audiobook by Bill McGuire: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Kaffe Keating, released May 21, 2026, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.6 hrs
Narrated by
Kaffe Keating
Released
May 21, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
ISBN
9780008806569

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Fate of the World: A history and future of the climate crisis as an audiobook?

The Fate of the World: A history and future of the climate crisis runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.

Is The Fate of the World: A history and future of the climate crisis free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Fate of the World: A history and future of the climate crisis?

The Fate of the World: A history and future of the climate crisis is narrated by Kaffe Keating.