Sir Jonathan Porritt discusses his new climate change book, Hope In Hell

Welcome to Shaping The Future - this week I am speaking with long-term environmental campaigner and author, Sir Jonathon Porritt, about his new book ‘Hope In Hell’. I urge anyone looking for a comprehensive overview of the multifaceted subject of climate change, to read this excellent piece of work.

The book covers the science, policy, policy obstructions, as well as current and future challenges and the impact on the human psyche that we see emerging as a result.

In this interview, Sir Jonathon discusses the limits of the Paris Agreement and its roadmap of unbinding incremental change. By its design it allows governments to play loose with their Nationally Determined Contribution to reducing carbon emissions. He also discusses the perilous threat of melting polar ice-caps and glaciers that we are now watching in real-time.

In the midst of political ineptness, Jonathon has one final suggestion for how we can each take action in our own ways and in our own lives.

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https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Hope-in-Hell/Jonathon-Porritt/9781471193279