Breathe (Khan book)

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Breathe: Tackling the Climate Emergency
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Author Sadiq Khan
LanguageEnglish
Genre Non-fiction
Publisher Penguin Random House
Publication date
25 May 2023
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages352
ISBN 9781804940129

Breathe: Tackling the Climate Emergency(also titled Breathe: How to Win A Greener World and Breathe: Seven Ways to Win a Greener World) is a non-fiction by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. It was published on 25 May 2023 by the Penguin Random House imprint, Cornerstone . [1]

Contents

Writing

Khan revealed that he wrote some of the book on the bus. [2]

The book is dedicated to Khan's two daughters. [3]

Content

Much of the book draws on Khan's experience in implementing the Ultra Low Emission Zone. [3] In the book, Khan reveals he was sent a bullet in the post "at the height" of the anti-ULEZ protests. [4]

Khan was inspired to write Breathe after his asthma diagnosis, which he puts down to breathing London's "polluted air". [5] [6] Khan received his asthma diagnosis after struggling to give a speech at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference. [2]

The book draws on Khan's view that clean air should be viewed as a human right. [7]

Reception

Breathe received mostly positive reviews from critics.

Breathe was described in a review in the Guardian as a "breath of fresh air". [1]

The construction of the Silvertown Tunnel was criticised as hypocritical, when contrasted with the themes of Breathe in a review in the Byline Times. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 Ghadiali, Ashish (21 May 2023). "Breathe review – Sadiq Khan's climate emergency manifesto is a breath of fresh air". The Observer. ISSN   0029-7712 . Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 Barradale, Greg (28 May 2023). "Sadiq Khan: 'We've only got limited time to make a difference'". Big Issue. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  3. 1 2 Sanderson, Caroline (24 February 2023). "Sadiq Khan on the need for action to protect our planet, and cities, from climate change". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 10 March 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  4. ↑ Lydall, Ross (19 July 2024). "Sadiq Khan: I was sent a bullet in the post at height of anti-Ulez protests". The Standard. Archived from the original on 19 July 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  5. ↑ Webb, Samuel (9 September 2022). "Sadiq Khan to publish book on climate crisis and asthma diagnosis". Independent. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  6. ↑ Shaffi, Sarah (8 September 2022). "Sadiq Khan to publish 'practical guide' to the climate emergency". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Sadiq Khan: 'Clean air should be a human right, not a privilege'". Prospect. 19 July 2023. Archived from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  8. ↑ Mortimer, Josiah (31 May 2023). "Sadiq Khan's Pollution Paradox: On the Silvertown Tunnel, and When Rhetoric Doesn't Match Action". Byline Times. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
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