This very modest linking of two existing railway lines would have reduced the number of car journeys being made by residents of rapidly-expanding West Watford into neighbouring London boroughs, thus reducing the very thing that Khan is so desperate to reduce – pollution. Doing that requires time, space, attention and energy, which are precisely the things our socially networked context makes purposely impossible. Aged 43, he was unexpectedly diagnosed with asthma, which his GP explains has become an increasingly common consequence of poor air quality in the city. But with every year bringing more wildfires, extreme temperatures and flooding - and with around 4,000 people still dying prematurely from London's polluted air every year, with older, working class and ethnic minority Londoners most affected - there is so much more to do. Overall, I do not recommend this book, as it fails to provide any constructive solutions while spreading unfounded information.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. More than a rhetorical flourish, he argues that framing environmental policies, such as measures to reduce air pollution, as issues of social justice is crucial to expose the misconception that these policies ignore disadvantaged communities. In this exclusive event Sadiq Khan celebrates publication of Breathe, his uplifting new playbook that offers actions for tackling the climate crisis. Whether by building coalitions across the political spectrum, putting social justice at the heart of green politics, or showing that the climate crisis is a health crisis too, he offers a playbook for anyone - voter, activist or politician - who wants to win the argument on the environment.

Follow British Politics and Policy, the Business Review, the Impact Blog, European Politics and Policy and the LSE Review of Books to learn more about the debates our events series present. Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/PA View image in fullscreen ‘I hope this book spurs more people on to the urgent action we need to fight climate change’ … Sadiq Khan. I was drawn to it by Prototype Press’s striking cover design, with one block of colour and one white block. The cloakroom opens about an hour before ticketed events, and closes around 15 minutes after the performance ends.

You often deploy hard facts and figures as evidence to explain the need for the policy changes you are arguing for. Voter ID reforms are likely to significantly reduce the turnout of BAME voters who Khan has been able to count on in the past (around 2. Khan picks up this point in his book and notes that, ‘ The nine million early deaths it causes each year makes air pollution a bigger killer than tobacco smoking. The book tells the story of authors Athena Liu, a literary darling, and June Hayward, a literal nobody. All articles posted on this blog give the views of the author(s), and not the position of LSE British Politics and Policy, nor of the London School of Economics and Political Science.Join Sadiq for this memorable evening and hear him demonstrate how anyone - whether voter, activist or politician - can win the argument on climate. I’ve also just finished Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, a book it seems that everyone is talking about right now. Sadiq is speaking at the opening plenary

Mr Khan told the newspaper on Monday that "it probably was a minor heart attack" but "I'm fine", adding: "The key thing is that I’m following the advice and looking after my physical health and mental health and eating sensibly.times the WHO annual air quality guideline, so a timely reminder of why low emissions and fighting climate change are so important. That’s an enormous shame for obvious reasons, but it’s also a *major fail* for humanity in the face of the existential crisis that is climate change, which doesn’t care about who we vote for and why.