Rupert Read 🌍 🔥

Co-Director, Climate Majority Project @CMP_voice | Emeritus Philosophy Prof. …I mute those who use AI to draft content. Find me more now @rupertread on Substack

[Rupert Read 🌍 🔥 @GreenRupertRead]

Is THIS civilisation finished? Looks like it. But what comes next? That’s where you come in…

My new short film OUT OF THE ASHES, written by me & @frannyarmstrong and directed by @ageofstupid animation director Martyn Pick.

Please watch and RT!

#Climate #Cop27 #RealityCheck

[Tamer Nahed @Tamer_Alnoaizy]

I broke down while filming these scenes. I couldn't bear the scale of the suffering unfolding before my eyes. I tried my best to amplify these families' voices, but what I witnessed was beyond words.

Children soaked, tents completely flooded, and families left exposed to the cold and rain. The world is not just witnessing this tragedy; it is complicit through its silence.

Watch the report for yourselves.

[Nadia Whittome MP @NadiaWhittomeMP]

Not only is the world on course for its hottest year on record, but scientists say the rate of warming is getting faster than ever before. We cannot ignore this terrifying reality.

So as global leaders convene at COP31 in Türkiye this week, I urge our government to reject Rosebank, hold firm on current EV targets and reverse cuts to our climate aid commitments.

The UK simply cannot claim climate leadership while approving new oil and gas fields, weakening financial commitments or watering down decarbonisation targets.

[Prof. Eliot Jacobson @EliotJacobson]

Through the first 10 days of the month of November, the planet has averaged 1.94°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline.

Will I have to raise the y-axis above 2.0°C before the year is out? The Climate 8-Ball is shivering with antici ...

[Rupert Read 🌍 🔥 @GreenRupertRead]

Privately, some scientists were more pessimistic (aka realistic). But with hardly any exceptions they wouldn’t break the stubbornly optimistic front that prevailed until recently. Those of us (like myself and @jembendell) who put their heads above the parapet and dared to say that 1.5 was a pipe dream / was going / was gone got attacked.
I’m still open to hearing apologies from those who attacked us for accurately reading the real situation and breaking the silence. None - no such apologies - have been recorded so far.

[Rupert Read 🌍 🔥 @GreenRupertRead]

Privately, some scientists were more pessimistic (aka realistic). But with hardly any exceptions they wouldn’t break the stubbornly optimistic front that prevailed until recently. Those of us (like myself and @jembendell) who put their heads above the parapet and dared to say that 1.5 was a pipe dream / was going / was gone got attacked.
I’m still open to hearing apologies from those who attacked us for accurately reading the real situation and breaking the silence. None - no such apologies - have been recorded so far.

[David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells]

In 2015, scientists expected the world would pass the 1.5C threshold in 2042–27 years down the road. Now they expect the threshold will be passed in 2029. In eleven years we’ve accelerated warming so much that we’ve shaved thirteen years off the timeline.

[Rupert Read 🌍 🔥 @GreenRupertRead]

Privately, some scientists were more pessimistic (aka realistic). But with hardly any exceptions they wouldn’t break the stubbornly optimistic front that prevailed until recently. Those of us (like myself and @jembendell) who put their heads above the parapet and dared to say that 1.5 was a pipe dream / was going / was gone got attacked.
I’m still open to hearing apologies from those who attacked us for accurately reading the real situation and breaking the silence. None - no such apologies - have been recorded so far.

[Rupert Read 🌍 🔥 @GreenRupertRead]

Your annual reminder that the #climate #CoP system wasn’t designed to work. It was designed to function on a level of symbolism, rather than substance.

https://t.co/979fZmnX0l

[mikescoates @mikescoates]

🎶There's a place for us 🎶

[Rupert Read 🌍 🔥 @GreenRupertRead]

My latest #Substack highlights my appearance on Times Radio where I had a wide-ranging chat with Ed Vaizey and Alys Denby.

https://t.co/f2Q3LGDvPT

[Rupert Read 🌍 🔥 @GreenRupertRead]

Can we just be honest? Please?:
The administrative head of CoP29 is using the event to sell gas.
>This climate CoP is f*cked. The whole thing is corrupted and dangerous.
It’s time to throw over the whole farce of these CoPs.
>Please RT to agree.
https://t.co/anSTeYA4Xp

[Rupert Read 🌍 🔥 @GreenRupertRead]

Is this you? 
•  You recognise our world is on the brink of huge change; you want to be part of a resilient community.
•  You want to make a difference, but sometimes feel overwhelmed or not sure where to start.
You’re not alone!
You’re part of the emerging #moderateflank

[Rupert Read 🌍 🔥 @GreenRupertRead]

You've heard the inspiring phrase, "Another world is possible". But it's inaccurate.
The status quo is catastrophe; it simply cannot and will not be sustained.
So: Another world is CERTAIN. The question is: how you'll act to make the coming transformation as good as possible..

[Rupert Read 🌍 🔥 @GreenRupertRead]

"...old politics is utterly incapable of understanding, let alone addressing, this new reality."

I put forward my case for ‘#Climate Popularism’ in this article for @buildresilience. We need a new politics for an age of ecological crisis.

https://t.co/JeoEe7lkai

[Rupert Read 🌍 🔥 @GreenRupertRead]

Is this you?
Are you afraid that the situation is worse than our leaders and media are willing to admit?
Are you worried that just recycling isn't going to cut it?
Are you the kind of person that doesn't want to lie in roads or get arrested?
Do you want to take action against climate change?
Then you're part of the @CMP_voice

[Climate Majority Project @CMP_voice]

"Our governments are not responding sufficiently to the alarm that has been raised. And if you are feeling that way my message to you is you're not going mad, you're not alone. We are millions. We are legion."
- Rupert Read, BBC Radio 4

[Rupert Read 🌍 🔥 @GreenRupertRead]

Interested in our new Climate Popularism report, which I co-authored with @CarolineLucas? Take a look at our launch video where we discuss why #climate politics should focus on adaptation, and how doing so can overcome polarisation and offer solutions that ensures wide public buy-in.

Get a copy of the report here: https://t.co/Xkx7PheREl

https://t.co/fQ5zxERS1I

[Rupert Read 🌍 🔥 @GreenRupertRead]

@DylanEdward0 @FrannyArmstrong @ageofstupid I think that works for me, Dylan.
I will amend my wording now.

[Rupert Read 🌍 🔥 @GreenRupertRead]

Is THIS civilisation finished? Looks like it. But what comes next? That’s where you come in…

My new short film OUT OF THE ASHES, written by me & @frannyarmstrong and directed by @ageofstupid animation director Martyn Pick.

Please watch and RT!

#Climate #Cop27 #RealityCheck

[keisha ali @keishaali15]

Important conversations that connect climate collapse, data centres, ecocide and human rights cannot be ignored. We need more honest public debate, accountability and action that puts people, communities and the planet before corporate profit.

[Rupert Read 🌍 🔥 @GreenRupertRead]

Great support from @labourlewis for our @CMP_voice Climate Popularism report, which I co-authored with @CarolineLucas. In recent years, right-populist dynamics have succeeded in making serious #climate action appear electorally toxic.

Get your copy here: https://t.co/Taow132Zwh

[Rupert Read 🌍 🔥 @GreenRupertRead]

"AI is just as big a threat as fossil fuels to everything we hold dear..."

I talked to Ed Vaizey on @TimesRadio about a number of issues, including the lack of government policy on AI.

Full epiosde: https://t.co/d11UXGScPx