Rupert Read
@rupertread.bsky.social
Co-Director of the Climate Majority Project | Emeritus Prof of Philosophy | Author, WHY CLIMATE BREAKDOWN MATTERS and TRANSFORMATIVE ADAPTATION | Home-grown dissident | Free thinker | Earthling.
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In 2026, corporate - and state - sponsored #AI is coming for your job, for our politics, for (y)our kids and for our very intimacy. How do we cope? How do we ADAPT? WATCH my ‘New Year’s message’, to make a start on being able to answer these questions.
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January 17, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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"Climate change is here. We are seeing event classes [today] that were forecast in #climate models for the 2050s, 2060s, and 2070s.” - @oceanterra.org
#FasterThanExpected
#ClimateEmergency
#FasterThanExpected
#ClimateEmergency
‘Climate change is here’: Experts warn global crisis is decades ahead of forecasts
Drought, heatwaves, hurricanes, and wildfires are arriving sooner than we imagined according to scientists
www.independent.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 6:51 AM
"Climate change is here. We are seeing event classes [today] that were forecast in #climate models for the 2050s, 2060s, and 2070s.” - @oceanterra.org
#FasterThanExpected
#ClimateEmergency
#FasterThanExpected
#ClimateEmergency
If you're in or around #London on Tuesday, Feb 17th, do come to this:
🎫 Thrutopia: Stories of Active Hope with Monique Roffey, Rupert Read & Laura Baggaley.
🕡 Doors open at 6.30pm.
📍 Kairos, 84 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TG.
👇 Book now.
www.kairos.london/event/thruto...
🎫 Thrutopia: Stories of Active Hope with Monique Roffey, Rupert Read & Laura Baggaley.
🕡 Doors open at 6.30pm.
📍 Kairos, 84 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TG.
👇 Book now.
www.kairos.london/event/thruto...
Thrutopia: Stories of Active Hope with Monique Roffey, Rupert Read & Laura Baggaley - Kairos
Tuesday February 17th, 6.30 for 7pm With the prospect of civilisation collapse looking ever more likely, Utopian visions of any sort now appear beyond our reach. And yet the opposite, the bleak…
www.kairos.london
January 18, 2026 at 2:15 PM
If you're in or around #London on Tuesday, Feb 17th, do come to this:
🎫 Thrutopia: Stories of Active Hope with Monique Roffey, Rupert Read & Laura Baggaley.
🕡 Doors open at 6.30pm.
📍 Kairos, 84 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TG.
👇 Book now.
www.kairos.london/event/thruto...
🎫 Thrutopia: Stories of Active Hope with Monique Roffey, Rupert Read & Laura Baggaley.
🕡 Doors open at 6.30pm.
📍 Kairos, 84 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TG.
👇 Book now.
www.kairos.london/event/thruto...
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If only Denmark was part of a huge multinational alliance that has pledged to defend the sovereignty of each member state.
Miller: Denmark is a tiny country with a tiny economy and a tiny military. They cannot defend Greenland… Under every understanding of law that has existed about territorial control for 500 years, to control a territory you have to be able to defend a territory…
January 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
If only Denmark was part of a huge multinational alliance that has pledged to defend the sovereignty of each member state.
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Our co-director @rupertread.bsky.social is featured in this powerful upcoming event at Kairos, London - Thrutopia: Stories of Active Hope brings together philosophy, fiction & climate realism to imagine futures beyond the utopia/dystopia trap.
Tues 17 Feb - Tickets: www.kairos.london/event/thruto...
Tues 17 Feb - Tickets: www.kairos.london/event/thruto...
Thrutopia: Stories of Active Hope with Monique Roffey, Rupert Read & Laura Baggaley - Kairos
Tuesday February 17th, 6.30 for 7pm With the prospect of civilisation collapse looking ever more likely, Utopian visions of any sort now appear beyond our reach. And yet the opposite, the bleak future...
www.kairos.london
January 16, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Our co-director @rupertread.bsky.social is featured in this powerful upcoming event at Kairos, London - Thrutopia: Stories of Active Hope brings together philosophy, fiction & climate realism to imagine futures beyond the utopia/dystopia trap.
Tues 17 Feb - Tickets: www.kairos.london/event/thruto...
Tues 17 Feb - Tickets: www.kairos.london/event/thruto...
In my piece for the Church Times, I argue places of worship can (and must) become centres of community resilience in this tragic time. Read now.
#climate #religion
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
#climate #religion
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
January 17, 2026 at 9:45 AM
In my piece for the Church Times, I argue places of worship can (and must) become centres of community resilience in this tragic time. Read now.
#climate #religion
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
#climate #religion
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
Still a few spots left on the next #Climate and Extinction Emergencies short course in the Lake District from Feb 13 - 15, which I'll be teaching with Leena Seward. We've had some great feedback from previous courses.
Details: glenthorne.org/events-progr...
Details: glenthorne.org/events-progr...
January 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Still a few spots left on the next #Climate and Extinction Emergencies short course in the Lake District from Feb 13 - 15, which I'll be teaching with Leena Seward. We've had some great feedback from previous courses.
Details: glenthorne.org/events-progr...
Details: glenthorne.org/events-progr...
Do sign up for this 👇
How do we equip young people for a changing world, and what does it feel like to teach climate in a time of crisis?
Join us for:
🎬 Film screening + live online discussion
🗓 Tue 27 Jan | 6.30–7.45pm GMT | Zoom
🎙 Chaired by Caroline Lucas
FREE registration: www.tickettailor.com/events/clima...
Join us for:
🎬 Film screening + live online discussion
🗓 Tue 27 Jan | 6.30–7.45pm GMT | Zoom
🎙 Chaired by Caroline Lucas
FREE registration: www.tickettailor.com/events/clima...
January 16, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Do sign up for this 👇
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Check out the final episode in this remarkable #BBC Radio series (in which I get a chance to critique the #climate CoP process and to argue instead for a more bottom-up / #ClimateClubs process, a more politically realist process, that might actually >work<).
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
What Happened to Progress? - Global Visions - BBC Sounds
From technology to the climate to the global order, has human progress gone into reverse?
www.bbc.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Check out the final episode in this remarkable #BBC Radio series (in which I get a chance to critique the #climate CoP process and to argue instead for a more bottom-up / #ClimateClubs process, a more politically realist process, that might actually >work<).
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Check out the final episode in this remarkable #BBC Radio series (in which I get a chance to critique the #climate CoP process and to argue instead for a more bottom-up / #ClimateClubs process, a more politically realist process, that might actually >work<).
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
What Happened to Progress? - Global Visions - BBC Sounds
From technology to the climate to the global order, has human progress gone into reverse?
www.bbc.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Check out the final episode in this remarkable #BBC Radio series (in which I get a chance to critique the #climate CoP process and to argue instead for a more bottom-up / #ClimateClubs process, a more politically realist process, that might actually >work<).
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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My new piece for the Church Times argues, in these times of "civilisational unravelling", churches can become centres of community resilience. Read now 👇
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
January 13, 2026 at 6:45 PM
My new piece for the Church Times argues, in these times of "civilisational unravelling", churches can become centres of community resilience. Read now 👇
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
My new piece for the Church Times argues, in these times of "civilisational unravelling", churches can become centres of community resilience. Read now 👇
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
January 13, 2026 at 6:45 PM
My new piece for the Church Times argues, in these times of "civilisational unravelling", churches can become centres of community resilience. Read now 👇
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
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CMP co-director @rupertread.bsky.social is featured in a new BBC Radio 4 episode examining the crisis of “progress” in an age of climate breakdown and polycrisis. These are crucial conversations about rethinking the future. Take a look: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - What Happened to Progress?, Payback
From technology to the climate to the global order, has human progress gone into reverse?
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 1:53 PM
CMP co-director @rupertread.bsky.social is featured in a new BBC Radio 4 episode examining the crisis of “progress” in an age of climate breakdown and polycrisis. These are crucial conversations about rethinking the future. Take a look: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Excellent thread. Wrong-headed dangerous stuff from the Telegraph.
Nevertheless, there’s an awkward fact hereabouts, a little elephant in the room: the Telegraph headline is,erm,basically true. Anyone doing honest work in this space knows it: the radical flank has since 2020 put loads of people off.
Nevertheless, there’s an awkward fact hereabouts, a little elephant in the room: the Telegraph headline is,erm,basically true. Anyone doing honest work in this space knows it: the radical flank has since 2020 put loads of people off.
January 13, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Excellent thread. Wrong-headed dangerous stuff from the Telegraph.
Nevertheless, there’s an awkward fact hereabouts, a little elephant in the room: the Telegraph headline is,erm,basically true. Anyone doing honest work in this space knows it: the radical flank has since 2020 put loads of people off.
Nevertheless, there’s an awkward fact hereabouts, a little elephant in the room: the Telegraph headline is,erm,basically true. Anyone doing honest work in this space knows it: the radical flank has since 2020 put loads of people off.
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People can still be an environmentalists if they drive, fly and eat meat, said @zackpolanski.bsky.social, the leader of the Green Party.
He also talked about social media, whether talks about the environment enough, nuclear power, IHT and farmers, Rosebank & more
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
He also talked about social media, whether talks about the environment enough, nuclear power, IHT and farmers, Rosebank & more
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Zack Polanski: You can fly, drive, eat meat and still be green
The leader of the Greens wants to widen his party’s appeal and has triggered a surge in membership since his election
www.thetimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:28 AM
People can still be an environmentalists if they drive, fly and eat meat, said @zackpolanski.bsky.social, the leader of the Green Party.
He also talked about social media, whether talks about the environment enough, nuclear power, IHT and farmers, Rosebank & more
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
He also talked about social media, whether talks about the environment enough, nuclear power, IHT and farmers, Rosebank & more
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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I know the doctor who ICE blocked from helping Renee Good. (I won’t identify him since he hasn’t chosen to identify himself.) I’m glad to see this part of ICE’s crime get more attention.
“Can I check a pulse?” yelled the bystander, standing across Portland Avenue from Renee Good’s lifeless body inside her crashed SUV, video footage of the exchange shows.
“No,” an agent replies. “Back up.”
“I’m a physician!”
“I don’t care.”
“No,” an agent replies. “Back up.”
“I’m a physician!”
“I don’t care.”
‘I’m a physician,’ he said. ‘Don’t care’ was the reply.
Bystander medical assistance was declined during the restraint-related death of George Floyd, and now after the shooting of Renee Good.
bit.ly
January 12, 2026 at 2:22 PM
I know the doctor who ICE blocked from helping Renee Good. (I won’t identify him since he hasn’t chosen to identify himself.) I’m glad to see this part of ICE’s crime get more attention.
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#USA criminalization of environmentalism marks a new era of corporate authoritarianism. Habitat for Humanity, accused of ‘fraud’ for accepting EPA grants. Science is treason, activism is a crime, capital reigns unchecked👺🇺🇸👺
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups
The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.
newrepublic.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
#USA criminalization of environmentalism marks a new era of corporate authoritarianism. Habitat for Humanity, accused of ‘fraud’ for accepting EPA grants. Science is treason, activism is a crime, capital reigns unchecked👺🇺🇸👺
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
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MUST READ for anyone thinking about which climate actions are most likely to be successful! @r-thombs.bsky.social and @akjorgenson.bsky.social analyze which types of climate policies are most effective at decoupling of carbon emissions from economic growth. academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
Does stringent climate policy decouple economic growth from greenhouse gas emissions?
Abstract. A foundational question in environmental sociology is whether economic growth can be sufficiently decoupled from greenhouse gas emissions. Schola
academic.oup.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:35 AM
MUST READ for anyone thinking about which climate actions are most likely to be successful! @r-thombs.bsky.social and @akjorgenson.bsky.social analyze which types of climate policies are most effective at decoupling of carbon emissions from economic growth. academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
They are not a newspaper. Just a partisan attack-rag.
January 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
They are not a newspaper. Just a partisan attack-rag.
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The Telegraph have been one of the loudest voices calling for a slow down on green energy, arguing we’re going too fast. So keen are they to criticise Miliband and Labour more generally - that they’re now complaining that the transition to green energy might be slower than planned.
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January 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The Telegraph have been one of the loudest voices calling for a slow down on green energy, arguing we’re going too fast. So keen are they to criticise Miliband and Labour more generally - that they’re now complaining that the transition to green energy might be slower than planned.
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I mean, what do you say any more?
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:49 PM
I mean, what do you say any more?
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"... Britain is broken and Nigel Farage is the only person capable of building the team to fix it."
Just ignore the fact that 'the team' will consist largely of the same people who broke it.
Just ignore the fact that 'the team' will consist largely of the same people who broke it.
January 12, 2026 at 6:55 PM
"... Britain is broken and Nigel Farage is the only person capable of building the team to fix it."
Just ignore the fact that 'the team' will consist largely of the same people who broke it.
Just ignore the fact that 'the team' will consist largely of the same people who broke it.
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This is smart from Polanski in broadening the greens appeal. Often language around ‘green choices’ is received as choices for those who can afford to do so and just another financial/time burden at a time of already high burdens for everyone else looks tin eared. www.thetimes.com/article/a7ac...
January 12, 2026 at 8:18 AM
This is smart from Polanski in broadening the greens appeal. Often language around ‘green choices’ is received as choices for those who can afford to do so and just another financial/time burden at a time of already high burdens for everyone else looks tin eared. www.thetimes.com/article/a7ac...