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there is no Planet B

there is no Planet B phrase: there is only one Earth, so humans must try to conserve Earth's environment by taking steps to mitigate climate change, etc.

Phrase

there is no Planet B

  1. There is only one Earth, so humans must try to conserve Earth's environment by taking steps to mitigate climate change, etc.

Origin of there is no Planet B

Coined by British comedian and writer Rob Newman in 2006, in his stage show There Is No Planet B: A history of the world backwards. In 2007, Newman performed a song called No Planet B at Heathrow Climate Camp, after which activists painted the phrase on placards, first at the Heathrow Climate Camp, and then at COP15 in Copenhagen. The phrase was later popularized by British researcher and writer Mike Berners-Lee in his 2019 book There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years. It is a play on words based on the phrase "there is no plan B".

Questions about there is no Planet B

What does there is no Planet B mean?
There is no Planet B means there is only one Earth, so humans must try to conserve Earth's environment by taking steps to mitigate climate change, etc.
What part of speech is there is no Planet B?
There is no Planet B is a phrase.

Words near there is no Planet B in the dictionary

  1. there is an exception to every rule
  2. there is no "there" there
  3. there is no free lunch
  4. there is no honor among thieves
  5. there is no honour among thieves
  6. there is no Planet B
  7. there is no replacement for displacement
  8. there is no spoon
  9. there is no such thing as a free lunch
  10. there is no such thing as bad press
  11. there is no such thing as bad publicity

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