Over 50 speakers will be taking part in this year’s Guernsey Literary Festival including four who will be talking about the environment. Festival events last an hour, which will include time for questions at the end as well as a book signing afterwards. Tickets can be bought from the Festival website, guernseyliteraryfestival.com.

Mike Berners-Lee: A Climate of Truth - Why We Need It and How to Get It. Thursday 1 May 18:30-19:30 St James: £16.

We have the technology we need for a cleaner and healthier future, argues Mike Berners-Lee, brother of Sir Tim, inventor of the Worldwide Web, so why are we still accelerating into a polycrisis of environmental and social strife? Mike, the bestselling author of There is No Planet B looks at the challenge from new angles. He gets right under the skin of our failures so far, to uncover what it will take to do better at last. The result is original, inspiring and practical. The event is chaired by Toby Lichtig, fiction and political editor of the Times Literary Supplement, and sponsored by BWCI Group.

Tony Juniper: Just Earth - How a Fairer World will Save the Planet. Friday 2 May 13:00-14:00 St Pierre Park Hotel: £14.

Tony Juniper CBE argues that we cannot fight the climate and nature crises without addressing the widening gap between the rich and poor. Green technologies cannot change things on their own, we must also break the traps set by inequalities. Tony’s book draws on his 40 years of research, campaigning and advocacy, and interviews with a range of global experts. Tony is a former director of Friends of the Earth and now chair of the UK government’s official conservation agency Natural England. His previous books include What Has Nature Ever Done For Us? and Harmony, which was co-authored with King Charles III. Chaired by Sally Rochester and sponsored by Mourant.

Chloe Dalton: Raising Hare. Sunday 4 May 17:30-18:30, St Pierre Park Hotel: £14.

When lockdown led busy professional Chloe Dalton to leave the city and return to the countryside of her childhood, she never expected to find herself custodian of a newly born hare. Yet, when she finds the creature endangered, alone and no bigger than her palm, she is compelled to give it a chance at survival. Raising Hare chronicles their journey together and the challenges of caring for the leveret and preparing for its return to the wild. We witness an extraordinary relationship between human and animal, rekindling our sense of awe towards nature and wildlife. This event is chaired by Sarah Montague.

Levison Wood: The Great Tree Story - How Forests Have Shaped Our World. Wednesday 30 April 19:00-20:00 St James: £16/£8.

Levison Wood has spent a lifetime exploring wild places, witnessing environmental challenges and conservation efforts around the world. Now heading into the forest, he shares insights from his book The Great Tree Story, which explores the profound influence forests have had on our planet and civilisation. Levison has written seven other books, including Walking the Himalayas, which won Adventure Travel Book of the Year at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards. He served for several years as an officer in the British Parachute Regiment, including an operational deployment to Afghanistan where he fought against Taliban insurgents in Helmand and Kandahar. Chaired by Toby Lichtig and sponsored by Highvern.