Rupert Read
@rupertread.bsky.social
Co-Director @climatemajority.bsky.social | Emeritus Prof of Philosophy | Author, WHY CLIMATE BREAKDOWN MATTERS and TRANSFORMATIVE ADAPTATION | Home-grown dissident | Free thinker | Earthling. NB Reposts are not necessarily endorsements.
This is very good. Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social doing a press conference on the absolute necessity now of strategic adaptation and decarbonisation in response to the extreme weather of this summer - and its consequences:
The Green Party of England & Wales@greenparty.org.uk · 4h agoZack Polanski delivers ‘reality check’ to Burnham over ‘biggest crisis since WWII’ after summer of extreme heat
"Grocers are already bringing in more products from abroad because of the poor conditions at home" But the time is coming - soon - when countries will hold onto their own And the UK imports getting on for half its food www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Farmers warn shoppers face smaller and more expensive vegetables due to hot weather
This year's harvest could be the worst on record due to the exceptionally dry spring and summer.
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Why isn’t @andyburnham.bsky.social raiding the fossil fuel subsidies pot instead? #Transport #Environment
Rupert Read@rupertread.bsky.social · 7h ago"What a simple, sensible, albeit pretty obvious policy to introduce...Until you notice where the money is coming from." Let's check the fine print of Andy Burnham's bus fare cap. jeastoe.substack.com/p/good-polic...
"What a simple, sensible, albeit pretty obvious policy to introduce...Until you notice where the money is coming from." Let's check the fine print of Andy Burnham's bus fare cap. jeastoe.substack.com/p/good-polic...
Good Policy, Damaging Execution
The frustrating fine print in Burnham's bus fare cap
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Remember: nuclear power IS intermittent. Probably, as climate breakdown deepens, worse so than wind - and solar. Pass it on…
Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · last mo."For days, officials across France have scrambled to cope with the searing heat, shutting down three nuclear reactors after the surrounding cooling waters became too hot..." So much for nuclear as a climate solution.....
"Adaptation needs to grow up. To mature it cannot remain a technocratic exercise in flood defences and heatwave plans. It has to become a project of national (and local and international) resilience." We need to build resilience or we will be shaped by crisis. www.resilience.org/stories/2026...
Escalating climate and geopolitical shocks force a choice: build resilience or be shaped by crisis
Britain is in the grip of its worst-ever, record-shattering midsummer heatwave — even before the impacts of a predicted super El Niño of “Godzilla” strength are fully felt. In this stark context,...
resilience.org
I recall we had a period of time where the response of Starmer and Cooper to concerns about these groups was ‘I like flags’
Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · yesterdayLeaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
1/4 The Government's own National Security Assessment identifies biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse as imminent risks to our security, resilience and prosperity.
Economists use a term; moral hazard. When an institution has exposure to corrupt incentives w/out consequence. The “optimistic” scientists have ALL the moral hazards. Career, grants, tenure, awards, quoted in the Times, TV appearances, book deals, etc
This wasn’t how it was supposed to be… The tragic truth is that, as some of us warned a decade ago, mainstream climate science has turned out to be the opposite of alarmist. It has turned out to be complacent and over-optimistic. Truthfulness - and strategic adaptation - are urgent. (Pse repost.)
Dr. Aaron Thierry@thierryaaron.bsky.social · 2d agoA first year above 2C in the mid-2030s now looks plausible. 0.5C was first passed in 1980, 1.0C in 2010 and 1.5C in 2024. The 15-year trend runs at 0.42C per decade. The 2026 and 2027 points for the current El Nino are estimates. We're not remotely ready!
"The structures of govt we have inherited were designed for a world in which risks could largely be treated separately... Adaptation, therefore, cannot be left to a single dep or reduced to a collection of technical fixes. It must become a central organising principle of #govt.” #ElNiño #ukpol
Rupert Read@rupertread.bsky.social · yesterday"Adaptation needs to grow up. To mature it cannot remain a technocratic exercise in flood defences and heatwave plans. It has to become a project of national (and local and international) resilience." We need to build resilience or we will be shaped by crisis. www.resilience.org/stories/2026...
"Adaptation needs to grow up. To mature it cannot remain a technocratic exercise in flood defences and heatwave plans. It has to become a project of national (and local and international) resilience." We need to build resilience or we will be shaped by crisis. www.resilience.org/stories/2026...
Escalating climate and geopolitical shocks force a choice: build resilience or be shaped by crisis
Britain is in the grip of its worst-ever, record-shattering midsummer heatwave — even before the impacts of a predicted super El Niño of “Godzilla” strength are fully felt. In this stark context,...
resilience.org
We need to know how bad this is... And each time fuck all occurs. What are Labour and Burnham fucking hiding or is it a case of not knowing how serious shit is? ... Everyone else knows how bad it is, so Labour are deliberately not saying anything on this.
Rupert Read@rupertread.bsky.social · 2d ago"...the session did not get off to the best start when the committee chairman...stated that of the three ministers invited, only the DEFRA Minister, Mary Creagh, had come." A committee meeting on the suppressed National Security Report descended into farce👇 substack.com/home/post/p-...
This wasn’t how it was supposed to be… The tragic truth is that, as some of us warned a decade ago, mainstream climate science has turned out to be the opposite of alarmist. It has turned out to be complacent and over-optimistic. Truthfulness - and strategic adaptation - are urgent. (Pse repost.)
Dr. Aaron Thierry@thierryaaron.bsky.social · 2d agoA first year above 2C in the mid-2030s now looks plausible. 0.5C was first passed in 1980, 1.0C in 2010 and 1.5C in 2024. The 15-year trend runs at 0.42C per decade. The 2026 and 2027 points for the current El Nino are estimates. We're not remotely ready!
“We need to know how bad things are…….” Yes. We do. Either government is covering it up, or they have no clue. Which is it @andyburnham.bsky.social ? #ClimateCrisis
Rupert Read@rupertread.bsky.social · 2d ago"...the session did not get off to the best start when the committee chairman...stated that of the three ministers invited, only the DEFRA Minister, Mary Creagh, had come." A committee meeting on the suppressed National Security Report descended into farce👇 substack.com/home/post/p-...
Remember: nuclear power IS intermittent. Probably, as climate breakdown deepens, worse so than wind - and solar. Pass it on…
Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · last mo."For days, officials across France have scrambled to cope with the searing heat, shutting down three nuclear reactors after the surrounding cooling waters became too hot..." So much for nuclear as a climate solution.....
Remember: nuclear power IS intermittent. Probably, as climate breakdown deepens, worse so than wind - and solar. Pass it on…
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 3w agoNuclear is impacted by draught and extreme heat.
There are two quite different conversations going on about #climate adaptation at the moment. This piece, co-authored with @carolinelucas.bsky.social, gives an outline of each. Check it out. rupertsreads.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...
"...the session did not get off to the best start when the committee chairman...stated that of the three ministers invited, only the DEFRA Minister, Mary Creagh, had come." A committee meeting on the suppressed National Security Report descended into farce👇 substack.com/home/post/p-...
Government Environmental Policy: Stalling, Avoiding, and Deflecting
A Committee Meeting on the suppressed National Security Report descends into farce
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4th heatwave of the summer. Most of W. Europe at risk of deadly wildfires right now. You know it... >The time is now.< Join us now. You are part of the #climatemajority. The time is now to become #safer: Together, we can build emergency resilience... Goto www.ClimateMajorityProject.com/Safer
SAFER
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"...Andy Burnham risks getting stuck in a ‘derailment’ doom loop if he doesn’t tackle #climate adaptation." This piece, co-authored with @carolinelucas.bsky.social, examines the two quite different conversations taking place around this topic. rupertsreads.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...
A Tale of Two Adaptations
Reflections on the Climate Change Committee’s Well-Adapted UK report, in the light of this summer’s heat storms and the Burnham ascendancy
rupertsreads.substack.com
Did you know: The Suffolk wildfire close to Sizewell is STILL burning… www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...
Suffolk wildfire impact 'will be felt for years to come', charity says as blaze burns for fourth day
The fire service says it has reduced the number of fire crews at Dunwich Heath as it renews calls to the public to avoid the area.
bbc.co.uk
Only seeing images of people eating ice-creams or children frolicking in splash pads during media coverage of extreme heat is not helpful when the reality is thousands of people are dying due to heat-related causes. Let’s get real about it. My TRT interview in full 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=WpQb...
"The fall of this civilisation is probably going to be a lot harder than the falls of most previous civilisations." I joined Jem Bendell, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Will Self and Michel Bauwens for a discussion on what we can learn from past civilisational collapses. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wsW...
Inspirations from Past Civilisational Collapses - a metacrisis salon
Prof Jem Bendell is joined by Prof Rupert Read, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Will Self and Michel Bauwens, to discuss impending societal collapse, and what we might learn from historical collapses, other…
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In this quote from BBC live feed - @rupertread.bsky.social - "..this is only the beginning. Next summer will almost certainly be worse.."
Suffolk fire grows to size of 200 football pitches as helicopters drop sea water on blaze
More than 100 firefighters are tackling the blaze, which currently poses no risk to nearby nuclear power station Sizewell B.
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TODAY (31st): If you're at the #GreenGathering, do come to my talk at 1pm at the Speakers' Forum. I'll be giving insight into the two suppressed Government reports. greengathering.org.uk/speakers-for...
Speakers' Forum & radical cinema - Green Gathering
The Speakers’ Forum is a platform for radical thinkers, activists and academics, a place to learn, enjoy a debate, and find inspiration to take action. In the evenings it transforms into a Radical…
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Only seeing images of people eating ice-creams or children frolicking in splash pads during media coverage of extreme heat is not helpful when the reality is thousands of people are dying due to heat-related causes. Let’s get real about it. My TRT interview in full 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=WpQb...
"...Andy Burnham risks getting stuck in a ‘derailment’ doom loop if he doesn’t tackle #climate adaptation." This piece, co-authored with @carolinelucas.bsky.social, examines the two quite different conversations taking place around this topic. rupertsreads.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...
A Tale of Two Adaptations
Reflections on the Climate Change Committee’s Well-Adapted UK report, in the light of this summer’s heat storms and the Burnham ascendancy
rupertsreads.substack.com