Audio and video
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Direct: Our vulnerability is now our greatest strength
The Christmas story is at heart a story of new birth and of great vulnerability. Rupert Read explains succinctly how this is exactly the story needed for our time: of extreme climate impacts, vulnerability…and responsive action.
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Will Labour’s Clean Energy Plan Lower Electricity Prices? | GBNews
“It would be much easier for this Government to win support for its policies on bringing in a lot more wind and solar, if it were clear to local communities that they would actually benefit…” Edited excerpt courtesy of GBNews Afternoon Britain, watch entire episodes here.
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The Meta-Failure of Our Civilisation | The Building Bridges Summit | Geneva
Rupert joins other distinguished speakers in the ‘Planning for a Future Beyond 1.5°C’ session to explore the non-linear effects of warming beyond 1.5°C, which will require radical new approaches that are innovative and out-of-the-box to mitigate impacts, transform finance, and redefine policy and business strategies in a rapidly changing climate. Edited excerpt courtesy of Building Bridges Foundation https://www.BuildingBridges.org/ , watch the entire session here. https://www.youtube.com/live/eaUVHOga…
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The Climate Superpower of Healthcarers | Royal College of Nursing
Nursing staff are on the frontline of the climate crisis. They see its impact firsthand – from diseases linked to air pollution to the damaging effects of extreme heat. The NHS has committed to being carbon neutral by 2045 but there is a long way to go. As the largest part of the health and care workforce, it is crucial that nursing becomes more sustainable. This exhibition explores topics from the history of air pollution and industrial nursing to recycling and re-use in nursing past and present. It also uncovers how talented nursing teams are taking climate action today – from green social prescribing to developing sustainable nursing tools. The…
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How We Adapt to Climate Collapse: Transformative Adaptation with Rupert Read and Manda Scott
Transformative Adaptation (TrAd) helps us to transform our civilisation to be in readiness for the future and makes life worth living. To buy the book, Transformative Adaptation – Another world is still just possible, click here.
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Direct: The straight dope on the COP29 deal
If you want to know what just happened at CoP29 – and what the alternative is to relying on a failing international diplomacy model to save us – then watch this!
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Direct: Out of the Ashes, 2024
Two years on from the launch of this tiny but iconic film about potential collapse and rebirth, Dr. Rupert Read relaunches it: for a world where it’s more pertinent than ever…
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COP29: Are UN climate summits failing us and our planet? | Audio Only
Audio excerpt courtesy of New Scientist Podcasts Weekly: COP29: Are UN climate summits failing us and our planet? Full episode here.
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Direct: How to cope psychologically with Trump’s victory
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Our climate future, after Trump? | Trying to find the words to describe what just happened