Rupert Read

About

Emeritus Prof. Rupert Read is co-founder of the Climate Majority Project, which seeks to activate the silent majority, and whose report on Strategic Adaptation is out this Spring. Before moving on from academia, he worked mainly on the Precautionary Principle and the risks of financialising nature.

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Reform and Green victories set the stage for big climate battles in the years ahead.

Reform and Green victories set the stage for big climate battles in the years ahead.
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The volume of 'net zero' messaging — a concept that can sometimes feel very abstract —must be recalibrated to foreground the vital conversation about immediate impacts and resilience.

The volume of 'net zero' messaging — a concept that can sometimes feel very abstract —must be recalibrated to foreground the vital conversation about immediate impacts and resilience.
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It's time to prepare for the 'Chaoscene.'

It's time to prepare for the 'Chaoscene.'
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Contending with our historic climate failures is the way to release hopelessness and save our future, argues the co-director of the Climate Majority Project.

Contending with our historic climate failures is the way to release hopelessness and save our future, argues the co-director of the Climate Majority Project.
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Now it’s so obvious that the system is failing, progress is finally possible.

Now it’s so obvious that the system is failing, progress is finally possible.
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Citizens can handle the truth on climate, when they see something meaningful they can do about it together. 

Citizens can handle the truth on climate, when they see something meaningful they can do about it together.Â