Jonathon Porritt, Co-Founder of Forum for the Future, is an eminent
writer, broadcaster and campaigner on sustainable development.
Established in 1996, Forum for the Future is now the UK’s leading
sustainable development charity, with 70 staff and over 100 partner
organisations, including some of the world’s leading
companies.
In addition, Jonathon is President of Population Matters, President
of The Conservation Volunteers and a Director of Collectively
(an online platform celebrating sustainable innovation). He
was formerly Director of Friends of the Earth (1984-90), co-chair
of the Green Party (1980-83), of which he is still a member, a
Trustee of World Wildlife Fund UK (1991-2005) and between 2000-2009
he was Chair of the UK Sustainable Development
Commission, providing high-level advice to Government
Ministers.
Jonathon was installed as the Chancellor of Keele University in
February 2012 and he received a CBE in January 2000 for services to
environmental protection.
'Hope in Hell provides a brilliant analysis of humanity’s
impact on the Earth. Jonathon Porritt still allows us a little
hope, but absolutely no excuses for further delay, urging radical
political action. Don’t read this unless you are prepared to strive
for the rest of your days in service of future generations; you
will be emotionally enlisted, and unable to claim ignorance in your
defence.'
*Helen Browning, Soil Association*
'We teeter, like the coach at the end of The Italian Job, on the
brink of irreversible disaster. Pulling back from that peril may be
seen as impossible, but Jonathon Porritt’s Hope in Hell shows
us how it can be done. It’s so full of wisdom, clarity and
inspiration that it should be compulsory reading for every world
leader; and, more importantly perhaps, for every young person
looking for real hope in today’s encircling gloom.'
*Joanna Lumley*
'Not for the first time, Jonathon Porritt has put his finger on the
pulse - not the flickering pulse of a Covid-19 patient, but the
racing pulse of the whole of humanity in extreme danger as a
consequence of the existential threat of climate change. And he's
absolutely right: the coronavirus pandemic has brought with it a
realisation that the social and economic priorities of the past
cannot be those of the future.'
*David Puttnam*
'Hope in Hell will become an indispensable handbook in the
pre-eminent planetary struggle of our times. It is truthful,
trenchant and yet refreshingly hopeful.'
*Sting*
'Is there time? Just. Is there hope? Plenty. Hope in Hell is brave,
urgent and wise - in fact, one of the most important books any of
us may read.'
*John Vidal*
'Perhaps the greatest strength of this brilliantly vigorous book is
its insistence on the interconnection of all the issues that matter
most for our future. 'Climate justice' is bound up with all other
sorts of justice – with all the challenges of racial, social and
gendered inequality; with the fate of democracy itself; with the
nature of human intelligence and compassion. Combining urgency and
hopefulness with rare clarity, Jonathon Porritt reminds us that we
have the information, and we have the technology: what we need is
imagination and will, and the trust that allows us to take the
brave collective steps that are needed now. It’s a terrific
book, and couldn’t be more timely – the post-COVID world will need
just this kind of synoptic picture and I hope the book will be
recognised as a major tract for the times.'
*Rowan Williams*
'Jonathon Porritt has produced a book which is a roadmap, a bible
and a manual all in one - to fill the very heart of all those
supporting progressive politics and today's Green New Deal. Our job
has just begun, and in Hope in Hell, we've been given the best
piece of ammunition to help us do our duty to the planet. It should
be read aloud in every classroom, university and home in the land.
Thank you, Jonathon.'
*Gordon Roddick*
'Jonathon Porritt draws on five decades of experience to present
this vital book, one that will change how you think about climate
change and transform what you will want to do about it - hopefully,
just in time to save our collective future.'
*Tony Juniper, environmentalist*
'This book offers real hope as to how we might re-set our
economies, post the coronavirus crisis. But that hope has to be
earned; as Porritt puts it: 'There is no hope whatsoever in another
ten years of incremental change.' Radical transformation is needed,
including mass civil disobedience - this really is the last chance
saloon for avoiding climate-driven societal collapse. When Jonathon
Porritt says this, the world has to listen.'
*Prof. Rupert Read, University of East Anglia, author This
Civilisation is Finished and national spokesperson for Extinction
Rebellion*
'Despite daunting obstacles, and a rapidly shrinking window of
opportunity, Jonathon Porritt argues that the balance of factors at
play can still lead to a positive outcome as we grapple to find our
balance within the natural world. Will we make it? Not without
confronting the status quo and the elites that defend it, with
civil disobedience and the solidarity of the engaged young and old
offered as crucial ingredients. The decade of the 2020s will be
decisive, and Hope in Hell offers a blueprint for determining which
fork in the road we will take.'
*Chris Rapley CBE (Professor of Climate Science, University College
London)*
'Hope in Hell provides a brilliant analysis of humanity’s
impact on the Earth. Jonathon Porritt still allows us a little
hope, but absolutely no excuses for further delay, urging radical
political action. Don’t read this unless you are prepared to strive
for the rest of your days in service of future generations; you
will be emotionally enlisted, and unable to claim ignorance in your
defence.'
*Helen Browning, Soil Association*
'We teeter, like the coach at the end of The Italian Job, on the
brink of irreversible disaster. Pulling back from that peril may be
seen as impossible, but Jonathon Porritt’s Hope in Hell shows
us how it can be done. It’s so full of wisdom, clarity and
inspiration that it should be compulsory reading for every world
leader; and, more importantly perhaps, for every young person
looking for real hope in today’s encircling gloom.'
*Joanna Lumley*
'Not for the first time, Jonathon Porritt has put his finger on the
pulse - not the flickering pulse of a Covid-19 patient, but the
racing pulse of the whole of humanity in extreme danger as a
consequence of the existential threat of climate change. And he's
absolutely right: the coronavirus pandemic has brought with it a
realisation that the social and economic priorities of the past
cannot be those of the future.'
*David Puttnam*
'Hope in Hell will become an indispensable handbook in the
pre-eminent planetary struggle of our times. It is truthful,
trenchant and yet refreshingly hopeful.'
*Sting*
'Is there time? Just. Is there hope? Plenty. Hope in Hell is brave,
urgent and wise - in fact, one of the most important books any of
us may read.'
*John Vidal*
'Perhaps the greatest strength of this brilliantly vigorous book is
its insistence on the interconnection of all the issues that matter
most for our future. 'Climate justice' is bound up with all other
sorts of justice – with all the challenges of racial, social and
gendered inequality; with the fate of democracy itself; with the
nature of human intelligence and compassion. Combining urgency and
hopefulness with rare clarity, Jonathon Porritt reminds us that we
have the information, and we have the technology: what we need is
imagination and will, and the trust that allows us to take the
brave collective steps that are needed now. It’s a terrific
book, and couldn’t be more timely – the post-COVID world will need
just this kind of synoptic picture and I hope the book will be
recognised as a major tract for the times.'
*Rowan Williams*
'Jonathon Porritt has produced a book which is a roadmap, a bible
and a manual all in one - to fill the very heart of all those
supporting progressive politics and today's Green New Deal. Our job
has just begun, and in Hope in Hell, we've been given the best
piece of ammunition to help us do our duty to the planet. It should
be read aloud in every classroom, university and home in the land.
Thank you, Jonathon.'
*Gordon Roddick*
'Jonathon Porritt draws on five decades of experience to present
this vital book, one that will change how you think about climate
change and transform what you will want to do about it - hopefully,
just in time to save our collective future.'
*Tony Juniper, environmentalist*
'This book offers real hope as to how we might re-set our
economies, post the coronavirus crisis. But that hope has to be
earned; as Porritt puts it: 'There is no hope whatsoever in another
ten years of incremental change.' Radical transformation is needed,
including mass civil disobedience - this really is the last chance
saloon for avoiding climate-driven societal collapse. When Jonathon
Porritt says this, the world has to listen.'
*Prof. Rupert Read, University of East Anglia, author This
Civilisation is Finished and national spokesperson for Extinction
Rebellion*
'Despite daunting obstacles, and a rapidly shrinking window of
opportunity, Jonathon Porritt argues that the balance of factors at
play can still lead to a positive outcome as we grapple to find our
balance within the natural world. Will we make it? Not without
confronting the status quo and the elites that defend it, with
civil disobedience and the solidarity of the engaged young and old
offered as crucial ingredients. The decade of the 2020s will be
decisive, and Hope in Hell offers a blueprint for determining which
fork in the road we will take.'
*Chris Rapley CBE (Professor of Climate Science, University College
London)*
'This excellent book does not shy away from the terrifying facts of
what is happening to our planet. Porritt lays them out calmly and
precisely. Yet he also has hope, hope that the Covid pandemic has
helped to kindle. Hope in Hell provides a blueprint of how we can
rapidly decrease emissions, lessen inequalities and capitalise on
this unique moment for change, to produce a better world for all.
Essential reading.'
*Rosie Boycott*
'Yet another brilliant book from Jonathon Porritt. An eloquent,
thoughtful, and compelling affirmation that we can address the
climate crisis if we set our minds to it.'
*Christiana Figueres*
'Hope in Hell provides a brilliant analysis of humanity’s
impact on the Earth. Jonathon Porritt still allows us a little
hope, but absolutely no excuses for further delay, urging radical
political action. Don’t read this unless you are prepared to strive
for the rest of your days in service of future generations; you
will be emotionally enlisted, and unable to claim ignorance in your
defence.'
*Helen Browning, Soil Association*
'We teeter, like the coach at the end of The Italian Job, on the
brink of irreversible disaster. Pulling back from that peril may be
seen as impossible, but Jonathon Porritt’s Hope in Hell shows
us how it can be done. It’s so full of wisdom, clarity and
inspiration that it should be compulsory reading for every world
leader; and, more importantly perhaps, for every young person
looking for real hope in today’s encircling gloom.'
*Joanna Lumley*
'Not for the first time, Jonathon Porritt has put his finger on the
pulse - not the flickering pulse of a Covid-19 patient, but the
racing pulse of the whole of humanity in extreme danger as a
consequence of the existential threat of climate change. And he's
absolutely right: the coronavirus pandemic has brought with it a
realisation that the social and economic priorities of the past
cannot be those of the future.'
*David Puttnam*
'Hope in Hell will become an indispensable handbook in the
pre-eminent planetary struggle of our times. It is truthful,
trenchant and yet refreshingly hopeful.'
*Sting*
'Is there time? Just. Is there hope? Plenty. Hope in Hell is brave,
urgent and wise - in fact, one of the most important books any of
us may read.'
*John Vidal*
'Perhaps the greatest strength of this brilliantly vigorous book is
its insistence on the interconnection of all the issues that matter
most for our future. 'Climate justice' is bound up with all other
sorts of justice – with all the challenges of racial, social and
gendered inequality; with the fate of democracy itself; with the
nature of human intelligence and compassion. Combining urgency and
hopefulness with rare clarity, Jonathon Porritt reminds us that we
have the information, and we have the technology: what we need is
imagination and will, and the trust that allows us to take the
brave collective steps that are needed now. It’s a terrific
book, and couldn’t be more timely – the post-COVID world will need
just this kind of synoptic picture and I hope the book will be
recognised as a major tract for the times.'
*Rowan Williams*
'Jonathon Porritt has produced a book which is a roadmap, a bible
and a manual all in one - to fill the very heart of all those
supporting progressive politics and today's Green New Deal. Our job
has just begun, and in Hope in Hell, we've been given the best
piece of ammunition to help us do our duty to the planet. It should
be read aloud in every classroom, university and home in the land.
Thank you, Jonathon.'
*Gordon Roddick*
'Jonathon Porritt draws on five decades of experience to present
this vital book, one that will change how you think about climate
change and transform what you will want to do about it - hopefully,
just in time to save our collective future.'
*Tony Juniper, environmentalist*
'This book offers real hope as to how we might re-set our
economies, post the coronavirus crisis. But that hope has to be
earned; as Porritt puts it: 'There is no hope whatsoever in another
ten years of incremental change.' Radical transformation is needed,
including mass civil disobedience - this really is the last chance
saloon for avoiding climate-driven societal collapse. When Jonathon
Porritt says this, the world has to listen.'
*Prof. Rupert Read, University of East Anglia, author This
Civilisation is Finished and national spokesperson for Extinction
Rebellion*
'Despite daunting obstacles, and a rapidly shrinking window of
opportunity, Jonathon Porritt argues that the balance of factors at
play can still lead to a positive outcome as we grapple to find our
balance within the natural world. Will we make it? Not without
confronting the status quo and the elites that defend it, with
civil disobedience and the solidarity of the engaged young and old
offered as crucial ingredients. The decade of the 2020s will be
decisive, and Hope in Hell offers a blueprint for determining which
fork in the road we will take.'
*Chris Rapley CBE (Professor of Climate Science, University College
London)*
'This excellent book does not shy away from the terrifying facts of
what is happening to our planet. Porritt lays them out calmly and
precisely. Yet he also has hope, hope that the Covid pandemic has
helped to kindle. Hope in Hell provides a blueprint of how we can
rapidly decrease emissions, lessen inequalities and capitalise on
this unique moment for change, to produce a better world for all.
Essential reading.'
*Rosie Boycott*
'Yet another brilliant book from Jonathon Porritt. An eloquent,
thoughtful, and compelling affirmation that we can address the
climate crisis if we set our minds to it.'
*Christiana Figueres*
'Hope in Hell provides a brilliant analysis of humanity’s
impact on the Earth. Jonathon Porritt still allows us a little
hope, but absolutely no excuses for further delay, urging radical
political action. Don’t read this unless you are prepared to strive
for the rest of your days in service of future generations; you
will be emotionally enlisted, and unable to claim ignorance in your
defence.'
*Helen Browning, Soil Association*
'We teeter, like the coach at the end of The Italian Job, on the
brink of irreversible disaster. Pulling back from that peril may be
seen as impossible, but Jonathon Porritt’s Hope in Hell shows
us how it can be done. It’s so full of wisdom, clarity and
inspiration that it should be compulsory reading for every world
leader; and, more importantly perhaps, for every young person
looking for real hope in today’s encircling gloom.'
*Joanna Lumley*
'Not for the first time, Jonathon Porritt has put his finger on the
pulse - not the flickering pulse of a Covid-19 patient, but the
racing pulse of the whole of humanity in extreme danger as a
consequence of the existential threat of climate change. And he's
absolutely right: the coronavirus pandemic has brought with it a
realisation that the social and economic priorities of the past
cannot be those of the future.'
*David Puttnam*
'Hope in Hell will become an indispensable handbook in the
pre-eminent planetary struggle of our times. It is truthful,
trenchant and yet refreshingly hopeful.'
*Sting*
'Is there time? Just. Is there hope? Plenty. Hope in Hell is brave,
urgent and wise - in fact, one of the most important books any of
us may read.'
*John Vidal*
'Perhaps the greatest strength of this brilliantly vigorous book is
its insistence on the interconnection of all the issues that matter
most for our future. 'Climate justice' is bound up with all other
sorts of justice – with all the challenges of racial, social and
gendered inequality; with the fate of democracy itself; with the
nature of human intelligence and compassion. Combining urgency and
hopefulness with rare clarity, Jonathon Porritt reminds us that we
have the information, and we have the technology: what we need is
imagination and will, and the trust that allows us to take the
brave collective steps that are needed now. It’s a terrific
book, and couldn’t be more timely – the post-COVID world will need
just this kind of synoptic picture and I hope the book will be
recognised as a major tract for the times.'
*Rowan Williams*
'Jonathon Porritt has produced a book which is a roadmap, a bible
and a manual all in one - to fill the very heart of all those
supporting progressive politics and today's Green New Deal. Our job
has just begun, and in Hope in Hell, we've been given the best
piece of ammunition to help us do our duty to the planet. It should
be read aloud in every classroom, university and home in the land.
Thank you, Jonathon.'
*Gordon Roddick*
'Jonathon Porritt draws on five decades of experience to present
this vital book, one that will change how you think about climate
change and transform what you will want to do about it - hopefully,
just in time to save our collective future.'
*Tony Juniper, environmentalist*
'This book offers real hope as to how we might re-set our
economies, post the coronavirus crisis. But that hope has to be
earned; as Porritt puts it: 'There is no hope whatsoever in another
ten years of incremental change.' Radical transformation is needed,
including mass civil disobedience - this really is the last chance
saloon for avoiding climate-driven societal collapse. When Jonathon
Porritt says this, the world has to listen.'
*Prof. Rupert Read, University of East Anglia, author This
Civilisation is Finished and national spokesperson for Extinction
Rebellion*
'Despite daunting obstacles, and a rapidly shrinking window of
opportunity, Jonathon Porritt argues that the balance of factors at
play can still lead to a positive outcome as we grapple to find our
balance within the natural world. Will we make it? Not without
confronting the status quo and the elites that defend it, with
civil disobedience and the solidarity of the engaged young and old
offered as crucial ingredients. The decade of the 2020s will be
decisive, and Hope in Hell offers a blueprint for determining which
fork in the road we will take.'
*Chris Rapley CBE (Professor of Climate Science, University College
London)*
'This excellent book does not shy away from the terrifying facts of
what is happening to our planet. Porritt lays them out calmly and
precisely. Yet he also has hope, hope that the Covid pandemic has
helped to kindle. Hope in Hell provides a blueprint of how we can
rapidly decrease emissions, lessen inequalities and capitalise on
this unique moment for change, to produce a better world for all.
Essential reading.'
*Rosie Boycott*
'Yet another brilliant book from Jonathon Porritt. An eloquent,
thoughtful, and compelling affirmation that we can address the
climate crisis if we set our minds to it.'
*Christiana Figueres*
'Hope in Hell provides a brilliant analysis of humanity’s
impact on the Earth. Jonathon Porritt still allows us a little
hope, but absolutely no excuses for further delay, urging radical
political action. Don’t read this unless you are prepared to strive
for the rest of your days in service of future generations; you
will be emotionally enlisted, and unable to claim ignorance in your
defence.'
*Helen Browning, Soil Association*
'We teeter, like the coach at the end of The Italian Job, on the
brink of irreversible disaster. Pulling back from that peril may be
seen as impossible, but Jonathon Porritt’s Hope in Hell shows
us how it can be done. It’s so full of wisdom, clarity and
inspiration that it should be compulsory reading for every world
leader; and, more importantly perhaps, for every young person
looking for real hope in today’s encircling gloom.'
*Joanna Lumley*
'Not for the first time, Jonathon Porritt has put his finger on the
pulse - not the flickering pulse of a Covid-19 patient, but the
racing pulse of the whole of humanity in extreme danger as a
consequence of the existential threat of climate change. And he's
absolutely right: the coronavirus pandemic has brought with it a
realisation that the social and economic priorities of the past
cannot be those of the future.'
*David Puttnam*
'Hope in Hell will become an indispensable handbook in the
pre-eminent planetary struggle of our times. It is truthful,
trenchant and yet refreshingly hopeful.'
*Sting*
'Is there time? Just. Is there hope? Plenty. Hope in Hell is brave,
urgent and wise - in fact, one of the most important books any of
us may read.'
*John Vidal*
'Perhaps the greatest strength of this brilliantly vigorous book is
its insistence on the interconnection of all the issues that matter
most for our future. 'Climate justice' is bound up with all other
sorts of justice – with all the challenges of racial, social and
gendered inequality; with the fate of democracy itself; with the
nature of human intelligence and compassion. Combining urgency and
hopefulness with rare clarity, Jonathon Porritt reminds us that we
have the information, and we have the technology: what we need is
imagination and will, and the trust that allows us to take the
brave collective steps that are needed now. It’s a terrific
book, and couldn’t be more timely – the post-COVID world will need
just this kind of synoptic picture and I hope the book will be
recognised as a major tract for the times.'
*Rowan Williams*
'Jonathon Porritt has produced a book which is a roadmap, a bible
and a manual all in one - to fill the very heart of all those
supporting progressive politics and today's Green New Deal. Our job
has just begun, and in Hope in Hell, we've been given the best
piece of ammunition to help us do our duty to the planet. It should
be read aloud in every classroom, university and home in the land.
Thank you, Jonathon.'
*Gordon Roddick*
'Jonathon Porritt draws on five decades of experience to present
this vital book, one that will change how you think about climate
change and transform what you will want to do about it - hopefully,
just in time to save our collective future.'
*Tony Juniper, environmentalist*
'This book offers real hope as to how we might re-set our
economies, post the coronavirus crisis. But that hope has to be
earned; as Porritt puts it: 'There is no hope whatsoever in another
ten years of incremental change.' Radical transformation is needed,
including mass civil disobedience - this really is the last chance
saloon for avoiding climate-driven societal collapse. When Jonathon
Porritt says this, the world has to listen.'
*Prof. Rupert Read, University of East Anglia, author This
Civilisation is Finished and national spokesperson for Extinction
Rebellion*
'Despite daunting obstacles, and a rapidly shrinking window of
opportunity, Jonathon Porritt argues that the balance of factors at
play can still lead to a positive outcome as we grapple to find our
balance within the natural world. Will we make it? Not without
confronting the status quo and the elites that defend it, with
civil disobedience and the solidarity of the engaged young and old
offered as crucial ingredients. The decade of the 2020s will be
decisive, and Hope in Hell offers a blueprint for determining which
fork in the road we will take.'
*Chris Rapley CBE (Professor of Climate Science, University College
London)*
'This excellent book does not shy away from the terrifying facts of
what is happening to our planet. Porritt lays them out calmly and
precisely. Yet he also has hope - hope that the
COVID pandemic has helped to kindle. Hope in
Hell provides a blueprint of how we can rapidly decrease
emissions, lessen inequalities and capitalise on this unique moment
for change, ensuring a better world for all. Essential
reading.'
*Rosie Boycott*
'Yet another brilliant book from Jonathon Porritt. An eloquent,
thoughtful, and compelling affirmation that we can address the
climate crisis if we set our minds to it.'
*Christiana Figueres*
'Hope in Hell provides a brilliant analysis of humanity’s
impact on the Earth. Jonathon Porritt still allows us a little
hope, but absolutely no excuses for further delay, urging radical
political action. Don’t read this unless you are prepared to strive
for the rest of your days in service of future generations; you
will be emotionally enlisted, and unable to claim ignorance in your
defence.'
*Helen Browning, Soil Association*
'We teeter, like the coach at the end of The Italian Job, on the
brink of irreversible disaster. Pulling back from that peril may be
seen as impossible, but Jonathon Porritt’s Hope in Hell shows
us how it can be done. It’s so full of wisdom, clarity and
inspiration that it should be compulsory reading for every world
leader; and, more importantly perhaps, for every young person
looking for real hope in today’s encircling gloom.'
*Joanna Lumley*
'Not for the first time, Jonathon Porritt has put his finger on the
pulse - not the flickering pulse of a Covid-19 patient, but the
racing pulse of the whole of humanity in extreme danger as a
consequence of the existential threat of climate change. And he's
absolutely right: the coronavirus pandemic has brought with it a
realisation that the social and economic priorities of the past
cannot be those of the future.'
*David Puttnam*
'Hope in Hell will become an indispensable handbook in the
pre-eminent planetary struggle of our times. It is truthful,
trenchant and yet refreshingly hopeful.'
*Sting*
'Is there time? Just. Is there hope? Plenty. Hope in Hell is brave,
urgent and wise - in fact, one of the most important books any of
us may read.'
*John Vidal*
'Perhaps the greatest strength of this brilliantly vigorous book is
its insistence on the interconnection of all the issues that matter
most for our future. 'Climate justice' is bound up with all other
sorts of justice – with all the challenges of racial, social and
gendered inequality; with the fate of democracy itself; with the
nature of human intelligence and compassion. Combining urgency and
hopefulness with rare clarity, Jonathon Porritt reminds us that we
have the information, and we have the technology: what we need is
imagination and will, and the trust that allows us to take the
brave collective steps that are needed now. It’s a terrific
book, and couldn’t be more timely – the post-COVID world will need
just this kind of synoptic picture and I hope the book will be
recognised as a major tract for the times.'
*Rowan Williams*
'Jonathon Porritt has produced a book which is a roadmap, a bible
and a manual all in one - to fill the very heart of all those
supporting progressive politics and today's Green New Deal. Our job
has just begun, and in Hope in Hell, we've been given the best
piece of ammunition to help us do our duty to the planet. It should
be read aloud in every classroom, university and home in the land.
Thank you, Jonathon.'
*Gordon Roddick*
'Jonathon Porritt draws on five decades of experience to present
this vital book, one that will change how you think about climate
change and transform what you will want to do about it - hopefully,
just in time to save our collective future.'
*Tony Juniper, environmentalist*
'This book offers real hope as to how we might re-set our
economies, post the coronavirus crisis. But that hope has to be
earned; as Porritt puts it: 'There is no hope whatsoever in another
ten years of incremental change.' Radical transformation is needed,
including mass civil disobedience - this really is the last chance
saloon for avoiding climate-driven societal collapse. When Jonathon
Porritt says this, the world has to listen.'
*Prof. Rupert Read, University of East Anglia, author This
Civilisation is Finished and national spokesperson for Extinction
Rebellion*
'Despite daunting obstacles, and a rapidly shrinking window of
opportunity, Jonathon Porritt argues that the balance of factors at
play can still lead to a positive outcome as we grapple to find our
balance within the natural world. Will we make it? Not without
confronting the status quo and the elites that defend it, with
civil disobedience and the solidarity of the engaged young and old
offered as crucial ingredients. The decade of the 2020s will be
decisive, and Hope in Hell offers a blueprint for determining which
fork in the road we will take.'
*Chris Rapley CBE (Professor of Climate Science, University College
London)*
'This excellent book does not shy away from the terrifying facts of
what is happening to our planet. Porritt lays them out calmly and
precisely. Yet he also has hope - hope that the COVID pandemic
has helped to kindle. Hope in Hell provides a blueprint of how we
can rapidly decrease emissions, lessen inequalities and capitalise
on this unique moment for change, ensuring a better world for all.
Essential reading.'
*Rosie Boycott*
'Yet another brilliant book from Jonathon Porritt. An eloquent,
thoughtful, and compelling affirmation that we can address the
climate crisis if we set our minds to it.'
*Christiana Figueres*
'If you wonder how we got where we are, where we’re going, and what
to do; if you wonder why your child is willing to be arrested; if
you think there must still be a way to change and avoid extinction,
then Hope in Hell is the book for you. The text is like the
Mississippi river, deep, wide, full of life and fast moving, a
terrific read, pulling you towards the delta and gulf we approach:
The great awakening, the tipping point, where the ecological
disasters are so great that humanity is finally convinced to act. I
would rarely say this, but I think you need this book. It is going
to help you. It is a vital narrative. An essential resource if you
have any hope for the unknown future of yourself, your children and
all life on this planet.'
*Mark Rylance*
“Hope in Hell sits at a pivotal moment in the history of humanity
and the planet. It rehearses our most dread fears and rigorously
explores the terrors of what is likely to come. But it is threaded
through with just enough hope to promise a very different future
for our children – if, that is, we take the right actions, right
now. This book mixes intellectual acuity, fastidious research, a
call to arms and a deeply personal plea. That plea has touched and
inspired me. We should all read this important book.”
*Kevin McCloud*
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