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.
NB Reposts are not necessarily endorsements.
NB Reposts are not necessarily endorsements.
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Why We Need to Talk About Adaptation
Introduction: the story so far I’m delighted to be writing today as the co-author of a new report called ‘We need to talk about adaptation’. This report is co-produced by the Climate Majority Project…
www.desmog.com
"As this report shows, #climate adaptation is a story unfolding in real time, in communities facing floods, farmers navigating droughts, and cities redesigning for heat resilience."
@carolinelucas.bsky.social has written the foreword of our new report.
www.desmog.com/2025/10/28/w...
@carolinelucas.bsky.social has written the foreword of our new report.
www.desmog.com/2025/10/28/w...
If you're in or near #Ely, do come to our community #SAFER event on Thursday (27th) at St Mary's Church Hall. All the details below.
Being safer, stronger and kinder, together.
www.elystandard.co.uk/local-events...
Being safer, stronger and kinder, together.
www.elystandard.co.uk/local-events...
Local Events in Ely and Soham | Ely Standard
Discover things to do and local events in Ely and Soham and the surrounding areas. Find live music, theatre, car boot sales and more.
www.elystandard.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
If you're in or near #Ely, do come to our community #SAFER event on Thursday (27th) at St Mary's Church Hall. All the details below.
Being safer, stronger and kinder, together.
www.elystandard.co.uk/local-events...
Being safer, stronger and kinder, together.
www.elystandard.co.uk/local-events...
We can't let the future of the BBC be decided by its enemies and politicians swayed by billionaires. We have to protect its independence. Sign the petition today and make sure the public has its say on the future of our #BBC: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save Our BBC: Give the public a real say
The BBC isn't perfect, but we must come together to make it better and stronger. We must use the upcoming Royal Charter review to protect our BBC for us, the British public.
For too long, the public h...
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
We can't let the future of the BBC be decided by its enemies and politicians swayed by billionaires. We have to protect its independence. Sign the petition today and make sure the public has its say on the future of our #BBC: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
"Athletes are used to adapting – it’s what we do. But adaptation is critical for us all in the face of #climate change."
Excellent piece by #Arsenal and England forward, Beth Mead, in the Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Excellent piece by #Arsenal and England forward, Beth Mead, in the Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Beth Mead: ‘If we don’t adapt to climate change, football becomes a privilege, not a right‘
The Arsenal and England forward is backing new global campaign because talent and teamwork should decide the game – not the climate
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
"Athletes are used to adapting – it’s what we do. But adaptation is critical for us all in the face of #climate change."
Excellent piece by #Arsenal and England forward, Beth Mead, in the Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Excellent piece by #Arsenal and England forward, Beth Mead, in the Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Booking is now open for my short course in the #LakeDistrict in February next year - Climate and Extinction Emergencies. Over the weekend, we will focus uncompromisingly on deep, transformative and spiritual adaptation to our reality. More info 👇
glenthorne.org/events-progr...
glenthorne.org/events-progr...
November 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Booking is now open for my short course in the #LakeDistrict in February next year - Climate and Extinction Emergencies. Over the weekend, we will focus uncompromisingly on deep, transformative and spiritual adaptation to our reality. More info 👇
glenthorne.org/events-progr...
glenthorne.org/events-progr...
Diary date: If you're in or near #Ely on November 27th do come to this community session to kick off the city's #SAFER Initiative.
www.tickettailor.com/events/clima...
www.tickettailor.com/events/clima...
November 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Diary date: If you're in or near #Ely on November 27th do come to this community session to kick off the city's #SAFER Initiative.
www.tickettailor.com/events/clima...
www.tickettailor.com/events/clima...
An excellent video on the need to #adapt to a deteriorating environment from Adapt2Win. Watch now.
www.adapt2win.org
www.adapt2win.org
Adapt2Win: A Global Call for Climate Adaptation Action
Adapt2Win is a global campaign, backed by elite athletes, calling on world leaders to prioritize and fund climate adaptation. Join the movement to build a resilient future.
www.adapt2win.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
An excellent video on the need to #adapt to a deteriorating environment from Adapt2Win. Watch now.
www.adapt2win.org
www.adapt2win.org
THIS arvo!:
DIARY DATE: I’ll be taking part in a very interesting and relevant debate on ‘Steering Humanity through #AI & #Climate Risk’ on November 22 from 2:30 to 4pm at The Forum in #Norwich.
You can find out further details and booking information here: actionnetwork.org/events/steer...
You can find out further details and booking information here: actionnetwork.org/events/steer...
November 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
THIS arvo!:
Check out the New Scientist #podcast where we discussed whether the #COP process is fit for purpose. Spoiler alert - It's a no from me.
open.spotify.com/episode/6CEi...
open.spotify.com/episode/6CEi...
New Scientist Podcasts
From the evolution of intelligent life to the mysteries of consciousness, from the threat of the climate crisis to the search for dark matter, The world, the universe and us is your essential weekly…
www.newscientist.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Check out the New Scientist #podcast where we discussed whether the #COP process is fit for purpose. Spoiler alert - It's a no from me.
open.spotify.com/episode/6CEi...
open.spotify.com/episode/6CEi...
Fires and Fascism by Pete Knapp is a strong film by a bold colleague. I was pleased to not only watch it but take part in the panel afterwards when it was shown at Cinema City in #Norwich this week. Do go and see it, if you get chance.
fires-and-fascism.co.uk#screening-da...
fires-and-fascism.co.uk#screening-da...
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Fires and Fascism by Pete Knapp is a strong film by a bold colleague. I was pleased to not only watch it but take part in the panel afterwards when it was shown at Cinema City in #Norwich this week. Do go and see it, if you get chance.
fires-and-fascism.co.uk#screening-da...
fires-and-fascism.co.uk#screening-da...
Maybe now the Faily Mail will really start to care!
New research from Spain finds that as scorching 35 °C days rise, housing prices fall — both for sale and rent.
The property market is starting to feel the heat of climate breakdown.
The property market is starting to feel the heat of climate breakdown.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Maybe now the Faily Mail will really start to care!
Maybe now the Mail will really start to care!
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Maybe now the Mail will really start to care!
Yes! And utterly predictably so.
November 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Yes! And utterly predictably so.
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We all know we need to increase taxes somehow.
We all know that #flying is about the most damaging thing there is #climate-wise.
A tax of flying shouldn't be controversial; it's low-hanging fruit.
Hear what else I had to say on @listentotimesradio.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgMF...
We all know that #flying is about the most damaging thing there is #climate-wise.
A tax of flying shouldn't be controversial; it's low-hanging fruit.
Hear what else I had to say on @listentotimesradio.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgMF...
November 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We all know we need to increase taxes somehow.
We all know that #flying is about the most damaging thing there is #climate-wise.
A tax of flying shouldn't be controversial; it's low-hanging fruit.
Hear what else I had to say on @listentotimesradio.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgMF...
We all know that #flying is about the most damaging thing there is #climate-wise.
A tax of flying shouldn't be controversial; it's low-hanging fruit.
Hear what else I had to say on @listentotimesradio.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgMF...
Reposted by Rupert Read
Our @climatemajority.bsky.social petition calling for a National Climate Resilience Plan is almost at the halfway point of the support we need. Please add your name (and share with family and friends) and help get the government to respond.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Fund a National Climate Resilience Plan: protect communities from climate impact
From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that…
petition.parliament.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Our @climatemajority.bsky.social petition calling for a National Climate Resilience Plan is almost at the halfway point of the support we need. Please add your name (and share with family and friends) and help get the government to respond.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
You couldn’t make it up. Such viral symbolism:
BREAKING: The UN climate talks COP30 have been evacuated due to a fire breaking out inside the venue in Belém, Brazil.
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
You couldn’t make it up. Such viral symbolism:
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Listening to my old sparring partner Michael Gove defending the record on Covid of the Govt of which he was a part, while Justin Webb feeds him pathetic patsy questions.
Let’s be clear: the verdict of the official Covid report is absolutely damning.
Let’s be clear: the verdict of the official Covid report is absolutely damning.
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response — The Guardian
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
apple.news
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Listening to my old sparring partner Michael Gove defending the record on Covid of the Govt of which he was a part, while Justin Webb feeds him pathetic patsy questions.
Let’s be clear: the verdict of the official Covid report is absolutely damning.
Let’s be clear: the verdict of the official Covid report is absolutely damning.
"Any spirituality or religion that is not engaged with the real world is an evasion, a distraction, a fail."
A snippet from my keynote speech at the @greenchristian.org.uk conference. You can read more about it here 👇
www.indcatholicnews.com/news/53740
A snippet from my keynote speech at the @greenchristian.org.uk conference. You can read more about it here 👇
www.indcatholicnews.com/news/53740
Churches urged to give leadership as communities brace for climate impacts | ICN
Green Christian has convened experts and concerned Christians to begin mobilising action to help local churches and communities build resilience to growing climate instability.At a Green Christian…
www.indcatholicnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:43 AM
"Any spirituality or religion that is not engaged with the real world is an evasion, a distraction, a fail."
A snippet from my keynote speech at the @greenchristian.org.uk conference. You can read more about it here 👇
www.indcatholicnews.com/news/53740
A snippet from my keynote speech at the @greenchristian.org.uk conference. You can read more about it here 👇
www.indcatholicnews.com/news/53740
The Govts of Russia, China, USA all now behave like organised-crime syndicates.
This is an inherent risk of nation-state systems.
As the project of globalisation falls apart, & climate chaos rips, we need to build local community resilience: to defend us against disasters - and against states.
This is an inherent risk of nation-state systems.
As the project of globalisation falls apart, & climate chaos rips, we need to build local community resilience: to defend us against disasters - and against states.
November 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The Govts of Russia, China, USA all now behave like organised-crime syndicates.
This is an inherent risk of nation-state systems.
As the project of globalisation falls apart, & climate chaos rips, we need to build local community resilience: to defend us against disasters - and against states.
This is an inherent risk of nation-state systems.
As the project of globalisation falls apart, & climate chaos rips, we need to build local community resilience: to defend us against disasters - and against states.
…The difficult truth is that, apart from Rory Stewart and myself, hardly anyone in and around politics or media was up to speed, then. Hardly anyone was saying, as we were, that this was an emergency.
…The whole political class was asleep at the wheel.
apple.news/AWmk9htxoQV2...
…The whole political class was asleep at the wheel.
apple.news/AWmk9htxoQV2...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response — The Guardian
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
apple.news
November 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
…The difficult truth is that, apart from Rory Stewart and myself, hardly anyone in and around politics or media was up to speed, then. Hardly anyone was saying, as we were, that this was an emergency.
…The whole political class was asleep at the wheel.
apple.news/AWmk9htxoQV2...
…The whole political class was asleep at the wheel.
apple.news/AWmk9htxoQV2...
This catastrophic, murderous policy-fail by Johnson, Gove et al ought to have been career-ending for them, as appeasement was for an earlier generation of Con (and Lab) politicians.
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response — The Guardian
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
apple.news
November 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
This catastrophic, murderous policy-fail by Johnson, Gove et al ought to have been career-ending for them, as appeasement was for an earlier generation of Con (and Lab) politicians.
Alongside others, I directly urged Johnson (& Gove) to act with precautious seriousness in Feb 2020. They simply were not willing to infringe on economic ‘liberty’. As a result, the inquiry tells us quite explicitly, they were complicit in the unnecessary deaths of over 20000 people.
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response — The Guardian
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
apple.news
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Alongside others, I directly urged Johnson (& Gove) to act with precautious seriousness in Feb 2020. They simply were not willing to infringe on economic ‘liberty’. As a result, the inquiry tells us quite explicitly, they were complicit in the unnecessary deaths of over 20000 people.
Listening to my old sparring partner Michael Gove defending the record on Covid of the Govt of which he was a part, while Justin Webb feeds him pathetic patsy questions.
Let’s be clear: the verdict of the official Covid report is absolutely damning.
Let’s be clear: the verdict of the official Covid report is absolutely damning.
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response — The Guardian
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
apple.news
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Listening to my old sparring partner Michael Gove defending the record on Covid of the Govt of which he was a part, while Justin Webb feeds him pathetic patsy questions.
Let’s be clear: the verdict of the official Covid report is absolutely damning.
Let’s be clear: the verdict of the official Covid report is absolutely damning.