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  • Published: 18 August 2024
  • ISBN: 9781804940112
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $24.99

Breathe

Seven Ways to Win a Greener World




Seven ways green politics goes wrong. Seven ways to get it back on track.

Fatalism. Apathy. Cynicism. Deprioritisation. Hostility. Cost. Gridlock. When green campaigners and politicians lose the debate, this is why.

Now, the Mayor of London draws on a decade in the corridors (and cycle lanes) of power to explain how, in practice, to win the climate argument. His book will help create a world where we can all breathe again.

'A breath of fresh air' Observer | 'Practical and highly readable' Financial Times | 'Refreshing and galvanising' Vogue | 'Rousing and thoughtful' Independent | 'Passionate and authentic' GQ

  • Published: 18 August 2024
  • ISBN: 9781804940112
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $24.99

About the author

Sadiq Khan

Sadiq Khan is the Mayor of London. Born and raised in Tooting, he began his career as a human rights lawyer before being elected to parliament in 2005. He was elected Mayor in 2016, and was re-elected in 2021 with a record number of votes for any sitting Mayor. Sadiq became passionate about air pollution and climate change after developing asthma while training for the 2014 London Marathon. Since then, he has been on a mission to make London greener. Today, London is recognised around the world for its pioneering climate policies. He still lives in Tooting, which he maintains is the best bit of the best city in the world.

Praise for Breathe

A warm, optimistic, urgent call for change

Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland

A true climate leader . . . Sadiq recognises that the struggles for social justice and climate justice cannot be separated but go hand-in-hand

Ed Miliband

If you want to build a greener world, you need to win people round to green politics. This remarkable book offers a transformative insight into how

Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris

Hilarious, uplifting and yet often unexpectedly moving, Breathe reveals what life as Mayor is really like - and offers powerful tools for anyone who wants to win the argument on climate

Edward Enninful, Editor-in-Chief, Vogue

Since his election, Mayor Sadiq Khan has shown the world that transformative green politics is possible

Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada

Combines laugh-out-load anecdotes with real insight into delivering effective action for climate . . . An absolute must read for anyone interested in politics for progressive change

Jemima Hartshorn, co-founder of Mums for Lungs

Sadiq Khan's outstanding leadership on climate change has put London at the forefront of the global effort to stop it. This book shows the importance of doing more, faster

Mike Bloomberg, former Mayor of New York

This funny, thoughtful and empowering book is filled with fascinating glimpses into life at City Hall . . . A powerful and practical riposte to anyone losing hope in the ability of politicians to tackle the climate crisis

Ed Balls

It doesn't get much more fundamental than our right to breathe clean air and Sadiq Khan's hard-hitting book propels this issue into our consciousness

Thomas Heatherwick

Cities are where we will lose or win the climate change battle. This book offers a compelling torch of light on the path forward

Christiana Figueres, former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

The strategic lessons he imparts mark him out as an exemplar for an age of climate breakdown . . . Deserves to be widely read . . . Breathe is a breath of fresh air, offering an antidote to cynicism and demonstrating the power of a politics that aims to bring people together in the search for solutions.

Observer

At 43, the Mayor of London was diagnosed with adult-onset asthma - brought on by the polluted capital city air. Breathe is his rousing and thoughtful investigation into the politics of the climate crisis - and the path forward.

Independent

Quite the page-turner.

Evening Standard

Very hopeful and interesting.

Richard Herring

A slick read, passionate and authentic on climate issues.

GQ

Inspiring, passionate, a great read!

Sarah Woolnough, CEO Asthma and Lung UK

For those feeling disheartened by the scale of the environmental crisis - and the lack of meaningful action on behalf of most political leaders - Breathe is a refreshing and galvanising call to action.

Vogue

An accessible, salutary read - well-written and sprinkled with anecdotes.

The House

Practical and highly readable . . . For those wanting evidence that climate policies need not be the political kryptonite so many politicians fear, Khan's book makes a convincing - and uplifting - case.

Financial Times

An eye-opening insight into what it's like trying to fight for the planet from inside the decision-makers.

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