Authors you should read about the existential issue of our time. We face two problems: climate change, and everything else. If we don't get climate right, the rest of it won't matter.
Some of my favorite nature writers. Those not listed (Richard Mabey, Jules Pretty, Edward Hoagland, Tim Dee, Simon Barnes, Terry Tempest Williams, Jay Griffiths, Sara Maitland) are simply not here yet--will update as needed.