Speaker Profile...
- Jonathon Porritt
- Programme Director
Forum for the Future - Jonathon Porritt is Programme Director of Forum for the Future and Chairman of the UK Sustainable Development Commission
Jonathon Porritt, Co-Founder and Programme Director of Forum for the Future, is an eminent writer, broadcaster and commentator 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.
Speaker Programme Listings...
| Author | Title | Description | Category | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathon Porritt | Porritt on the Credit Crunch and imperfect markets | Jonathon explains that the same market imperfections that gave rise to the credit crunch are failing to put the cost of environmental damage at the door of those who create the problem...externalising their liability.... | Sustainability |  |
| Jonathon Porritt | Porritt on 'The basic environmental problem' | Speaking at the AWA/BCO Sustainable Workplace Conference in London October 2008, Jonathon sets out what he believes the world biggest problem to be... ... | Sustainability | |
| Jonathon Porritt | Climate Change - The Truth | Jonathon Porritt explains the scientific evidence for 'dangerous climate change' and sets out the stark consequences of failing to hold the temperature increases below 2 degrees. ... | Sustainability |  |
| Jonathon Porritt | Moving Environmental Targets | Jonathan Porritt explains the three targets that UK government have signed up which are in themselves changing in the light of new scientific evidence.... | Sustainability | |
| Jonathon Porritt | Big environmental initiatives from big business | Jonathon Porritt reveals the environmental initiatives being delivered by large organisations including BP, Marks and Spencer and Walmart... | Sustainability | |
| Jonathon Porritt | Jonathon Porrit on the Stern Report | Jonathon Porritt examines the Stern Report commissioned in 2006 by the UK government to establish the economic consequences of global warming. ... | Sustainability | |
| Jonathon Porritt | Jonathon Porritt on the Energy Performance of Buildings Legislation | Jonathon Porrit lambasts the UK government and the Property Industry.... | Sustainability | |
| Jonathon Porritt | Renewables and the lies of the oil giants | Jonathon makes the compelling case for renewables at the AWA/BCO Sustainable Workplace Conference October 2008 and shames the oil companies for their denial that renewables can replace carbon fuels.... | Sustainability | |
| Jonathon Porritt | The Big Environmental Picture and the 'hedonic' treadmill | Jonathan Porritt sets out the historical picture and social success that is leading to todays environmenal challenges.... | Sustainability |  |
| Jonathon Porritt | Jonathon Porritt on Solar Energy | JP answers a particularly provocative question from James Woodheusen on the use of Solar Energy to reduce CO2 emissions... | Sustainability |  |
| Jonathon Porritt | Jonathon Porritt's dream about Jeremy Clarkson | Could Jeremy Clarkson turn over a new leaf on the environment? JP reveals his recurring dream! ... | Sustainability | |
| Jonathon Porritt | Climate shock for change | Can the world change fast enough to avert global environmental disaster? JP thinks the world will need a severe jolt before govermnents act. ... | Sustainability | |