Hope in Hell: Us and Climate Change with Jonathon Porritt
Shownotes
17:04 Hope in Hell: A Decade to Confront the Climate Emergency
17:45 Sea Level Rise
25:00 Kelp Carbon Sequestration
25:36 NZ Radiata Pine Impacts
About this Conversation
Jonathon Porritt CBE, the celebrated writer, broadcaster and commentator on sustainable development, has found the "sweet spot" between hopelessness and inaction on climate justice. Our conversation with him draws on his 46 years of experience with environmental issues. Tune in to become enlightened by the glimmer of hope, and seize the roles each of us can play.
Jonathon Porritt
Jonathon Porritt CBE is a ‘veteran campaigner’, having been a voice for the environment since 1974. Over four decades he has been a teacher, Green Party advocate, Director of Friends of the Earth, Co-Founder of Forum for the Future, and Chair of the UK Sustainable Development Commission.
His latest book 'Hope in Hell: A decade to confront the climate emergency', shows us the last glimmer of hope, and explains why it is so important we vote for our future now.
"In Hope in Hell, Jonathon Porritt yet again manages to offer up much needed insight and wisdom across a broad sweep of issues, and knit them together into a coherent narrative about where we are now and, most importantly, what has to happen next."
– Craig Bennett
Why tune in?
Porritt has published ten books with hard-hitting titles including: ‘Seeing Green’: The Politics of Ecology (1984) which has been called "prophetic in many respects"; ‘Playing Safe: Science and the Environment’ (2000); and ‘Capitalism As If The World Matters’ (2005 & 2007). His latest book 'Hope in Hell' explores the last chance we have to commit to policies that will protect our future.
"…Hope in Hell is a powerful call to arms from one of Britain’s most eloquent and trusted campaigners." – Caroline Lucas, MP
There is no doubt of his conviction that inaction on climate will be devastating to life on earth. So why are we still witnessing negligence? The book outlines why this is the decisive decade, and how 2021, as we rebuild our shattered economies after the coronavirus crisis, will be the decisive year.
