The Importance of Hope in Climate Change

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Sally Kohn: I think it's vital that hope permeates through at a time when we are feeling gloomy. She says the risk of anger on its own is either a kind of limp, sort of fatalism or directionless popularis. But she adds in hope and you see this renaissance of bold ideas out there - from fourday week to basic income. And i do think those moments in history where you have that hope with the kind of fury can lead to very rapid change.

James Plunkett's new book, End State: 9 Ways Society is Broken, draws on his years working in both public policy and at the top tiers of government. A former advisor to UK prime minister Gordon Brown, his book looks at how to reboot some key ideas ranging from commerce to healthcare for a nation such as the UK in order to provide better quality of life for larger sections of society. James joins urbanist, transport and tech specialist Kat Hanna to talk about the book.

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