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In *The Ministry for the Future*, Kim Stanley Robinson presents a near‑future narrative centered on a United Nations agency tasked with confronting the escalating threat of climate change. Through its staff—officials, employees, humanitarian aid workers, and policy experts—the novel explores the political, economic, and personal challenges of mitigating planetary harm. The story interweaves environmental policy with the human stakes of post‑traumatic stress, political kidnapping, and the pressures faced by those working to avert disaster and navigate shifting global landscapes.
First publish date: 2020
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Kim Stanley Robinson
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