On the day Obama bans Artic Offshore Drilling, RUPERT READ predicts a 'volte face' by the climate-change-denying President Elect, Donald Trump. But if this were to happen, would it make things better or worse?
… Trump's coming ‘climate moment': and why we should be careful … Rupert Read | 21st December 2016 News Trump Climate Denial Paris Agreement Artic Drilling … RUPERT READ predicts a 'volte face' by the climate-change-denying President Elect, Donald …
There's nothing unexpected about the coming catastrophe: it is approaching us ‘smoothly'. And yet we're doing so little to stop it. What gives? asks Philosopher, RUPERT READ
… Climate change is a white swan Rupert Read | 23rd February 2017 Comment Climate Crisis Climate Change Philosophy President Trump …
'Apollo-Earth' is a new mission to bring action against climate change to its Tipping Point. Here's what needs to happen and how you can get involved, write RUPERT READ and DEEPAK RUGHANI
… Rughani | 9th March 2017 Comment Apollo Earth Climate Action Un-named Movement Paul Hawken … is a new mission to bring action against climate change to its Tipping Point. Here's … meaning in our common struggle to prevent climate-catastrophe deserves the name …
Facing up to climate crisis necessitates a process of deep, transformational adaptation.
… Climate change and deep adaptation Rupert Read | 8th February 2019 News Climate Change Systems Adaptation Thought … 46801340861_7517df4392_o.jpg Facing up to climate crisis necessitates a process of deep, …
Can billionaires help to transform systems and empower diverse communities?
… less than ten percent of his wealth towards climate action generated a lot of media … will be no short cut to global social change. Climate activists must focus on building … enables such empowerment. Sustained climate action will require a fresh settlement …
Labour's new candidate for London Mayor has taken a firm stand against Heathrow expansion, write Victor Anderson & Rupert Read. But he's all for it at Gatwick - never mind the climate change. For those who oppose new runways on principle, there's only one choice: The Greens' Sian Berry.
… Labour's climate change fudge: Heathrow, no; Gatwick, … September 2015 Comment Transport Aviation Climate Change Politics UK Emissions … he's all for it at Gatwick - never mind the climate change. For those who oppose new …
Best-selling book The Uninhabitable Earth focusses attention on unprecedented climate breakdown - but places false hope in geoengineering.
… Earth focusses attention on unprecedented climate breakdown - but places false hope in … think and write about dangerous anthropogenic climate change, we have been impressed by your … the very real risk of an unprecedented climate breakdown and consequent societal …
We must rebel against capitalism's destruction of our common future.
… movement challenging inaction over dangerous climate change and the mass extinction of … opposed to what they see as a government of “climate criminals” aim to gather together … what appears to be a direct course towards climate calamity. Who knows, the government …
Public transport often doesn't work for travellers because it's fragmented, deregulated and operated for short-term profit, writes Rupert Read. A Green transport policy would force operators to coordinate their schedules, integrate multiple transport modes, and entice travellers out of their cars building a real public transport 'system'.
… | 16th February 2015 Comment Transport UK Climate Change Politics bus-jam-cut.jpg Public … level by the year 2050, as mandated by the Climate Change Act of 2008. It's also entirely … only a reflection of the harsh realities of climate change: even if we make this reduction …
Local Extinction Rebellion groups rise up ahead of a wave of actions on Saturday, 15 December.
… Of course, the thing about the climate is that it is under threat by all … will be needed to arrest the collapse of our climate and biodiversity are now so huge that … shift the world from a direct course towards climate calamity. That will only happen if the …
Governments should turn to citizens to decide how we’ll work together to build the post-coronavirus world.
… from being put in place by governments. The climate emergency has already caused droughts, … of the ecological crisis (including the climate emergency), we will have achieved less … postponement of this year’s big international climate and biodiversity COP conferences is a …
An extract from This Civilisation is Finished: Conversations on the End of Empire, and What Lies Beyond.
… will be a techno-fix that will defuse the climate emergency while life more or less goes … way keeping us from facing up to climate reality. On the other hand, there are … it shows almost no sign of taking the extreme climate crisis—let alone the broader …
Two unusual political events will take place next week. The Green MP Caroline Lucas goes on trial for protesting against fracking. And Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage go head to head on TV. Rupert Read contrasts the underlying political agendas ...
… | 23rd March 2014 Comment Politics Fracking Climate Changes Corporations UK … when Britain finally woke up to the threat of climate chaos, which is not something distant: … years of gas? and preservation of our very climate: our conditions of existence. We …
GMOs have been in our diets for about 20 years, writes Rupert Read. Proof that they are safe? No way - it took much, much longer to discover the dangers of cigarettes and transfats, dangers that are far more visible than those of GMOs. On the scale of nature and ecology, 20 years is a pitifully short time. To sustain our human future, we have to think long term.
… a mere 20% consensus that human-triggered climate change is real would be plenty for us … erroneous to claim that if one takes climate change science seriously then one must … as geo-engineering is to the science of climate change. Taking the latter seriously …
If progressive parties are ever to defeat the Tories under the current unfair electoral system, they will need to come together in an electoral pact, writes Rupert Read. The alternative could be a succession of ever more extreme conservative governments.
… chime with the Greens on nuclear missiles, climate change and austerity. I second that … a pact must involve a commitment to action on climate change, and UKIP stand diametrically …
Only one party is challenging the mainstream concensus on transport, write Rupert Read, Sandy Irvine and Bennet Francis - massive spending on roads and HS2, and the little that's left for everything else. It's time to throw away the old thinking and commit to an effective, sustainable transport system that begins with local needs.
… if policymakers were serious about addressing climate change - which really is the most … strong local economies, clean air, a stable climate and healthy people, then we need a …
In trying to evaluate charitable interventions in 'value for money' terms, the movement for 'Effective Altruism' has lost its moral compass, Sam Earle & Rupert Read. The real changes the world needs are profound, systemic and political. There is no better example than the refugee crisis: the problem is not insufficient aid, but structural inequality, too many weapons, and too much war.
… owing to political instability and man-made climate change, surely this must be a priority … steadily in coming years as the effects of Climate Chaos hit and conflicts intensify. Or …
Jeremy Corbyn's soaraway success in Labour's leadership contest poses an existential threat to the Greens, writes Rupert Read. To counter it we must re-assert our distinctive ethos, values, policies and principles, rooted in ecologism not socialism, respecting natural limits, opposed to endless economic growth, dedicated to building and sharing the wealth we all hold in common.
… without end makes it impossible to hit our climate mitigation targets , impossible to … Labour Party of socialism plus caring about climate change. Because that's what Corbyn …
The winning Brexit slogan was 'Take Back Control', write Victor Anderson & Rupert Read. But leaving the EU will only increase the power of corrupt elites unless the UK reforms its own democratic governance, combats the excessive power of corporations, upholds the rights of all its citizens, decentralises its economy, and forges progressive alliances with its European partners.
… neoliberalism, Middle Eastern wars, manmade climate change, and the consequences of the … know no frontiers, issues such as dangerous climate change and biodiversity loss, through …
Thanks to the UK's crazy 'first past the post' electoral system, there's only way the UK can end austerity and neoliberal government in the next general election, writes Rupert Read: if centre and left parties join in a Progressive Alliance that represents the majority of voters.
… cannot afford at this time of poverty and climate crisis. However, this article isn't …
Where does the Green Party go now? Last week's uninspiring election results show that Jeremy Corbyn's Labour poses a serious challenge to us Greens, who can no longer succeed by being merely left wing. We must fulfil our own destiny, representing a distinct, authentic ecological strand in politics, making the case for living as if we only had one planet - as is in fact the case.
… have our last hopes of being able to head off climate chaos. Now is a time in human history … financial crisis and the worsening long climate crisis are showing to be worthless, …
The EU referendum debate is taking place between different wings of the corporate elite, dominated by assumptions in favour of big business, free trade and endless economic growth, write Helena Norberg-Hodge, Rupert Read & Thomas Wallgren. But to vote for a sustainable future we must adopt a very different, local perspective - one you'll never find in UK's 'mainstream' media.
… was born of human adaptation to different climates and ecological realities. A fabric … huge crises: the frightening spectre of climate change; the threat of nuclear …
Will we rein in robotisation soon enough to ensure that 'Peak Robot' occurs under our control, and not as a result of a crash forced on us by collapsing ecosystems, asks RUPERT READ
… survival - such as human-triggered runaway climate-change, reckless geo-engineering, … we haven't massively changed our way of life, climate chaos and others of our ongoing or …