<p><b>The Climate Nexus<i> (RMB, 2015) analyzed and explored the economic and social realities facing water, food, energy and biodiversity.</i> The Hard Work of Hope<i> continues this narrative and seeks to develop effective solutions to the growing urgency for global action on climate change.</i></b></p><p><i>The Hard Work of Hope</i> builds on events that have transpired since December 2015, including initial implementation of the UN’s 2030 Transforming our World global sustainable development agenda; the Paris Agreement on Climate Change; the commitment of the Canadian federal government to establish a climate action plan; and the UN Climate Summit in Marrakesh, Morocco, which aimed to advance the goals of the Paris Agreement.</p><p>This latest RMB Manifesto emphasizes three themes: the growing urgency for global action regarding climate change; the fact that future development must not just avoid causing damage but strive to be ecologically and socially restorative; and the reality that effective solutions require changes to technology, restoration of biodiversity and increased public awareness.</p><p>Though contemporary politics and the state of the environment seem grim in this 'post-truth world,' there will always be hope. But that hope will require hard work by everyone if our planet is to remain a desirable place to live in a warming world.</p>