Writings
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Welcome to the Chaoscene – The climate crisis is here. In order to thrive in these dangerous and precarious times, we must build resilient communities
The fad in recent years for largely virtual ‘communities’ of interest across the world is an artefact of a temporary moment in human history, a moment wherein elevated technological progress coincided with a lack of substantial blowback from the waste products of that ‘progress’. That moment is coming to an end, most obviously through the rapidly rising tide of climate disasters. Incredible and horrendous scenes like we have seen over the past several months, from Valencia to Los Angeles, are set to become normalised. For the foreseeable future, climate impacts will, on average, become worse every year. Among other things, this will affect not just food prices, but food supplies,…
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The Un-insurability Crisis Is Upon Us – 3 Possible Scenarios for What’s Next
What does a post-1.5°C world mean for the insurance sector, their customers, investors, and the economy as a whole? This question has suddenly hit the news, as insurers begin to withdraw from some prominent places, and insurance insiders begin to break cover, as reported by the New York Times, just last week.
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Coat of Hopes visits East Anglia in climate change fight
This article first appeared in the Eastern Daily Press here. Something very beautiful and unexpected happened to me the other day. I had the chance to wear a unique garment that has been visiting East Anglia. This cloak is called ‘the coat of hopes’. It consists of a large long blanket onto which thousands of people have sewn patches representing what they hope for in the face of the climate- and ecological- menace we face. Let me explain it a little more about this cloak in the words of the song written by the pilgrims who are at present walking this coat around our region: (Chorus) Ask me where I’m…
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March Newsletter
I wrote this from London, where I was speaking at the NGIN X BIN – SUSTAIN FESTIVAL, and the ‘Sustainable Insurance Summit’ engaging with key players in the insurance industry on the intersection of climate and risk. It was an urgent and fascinating discussion, and I’d love to bring you into it.
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Why I will never again watch The Traitors
The third series of the BBC’s hit series The Traitors ended recently.
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It’s time for climate populism
By Caroline Lucas and Rupert Read. ...around the world, climate change action is under threat, and not just with a denier back in the White House.
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The Coming Climate Uncertainty Conundrum
It’s time to prepare for the ‘Chaoscene.’
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Pivoting to a Strategy based in Climate Adaptation: The Path Forward from Trump-world
As we all know, a dreadful new yet familiar regime is about to begin across the pond. Meet the new President, same as the old President: …I mean, the 2016-2020 President. Or perhaps worse: for this time he has a plan.
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2025 Is the Year Extinction Rebellion Demanded We Should Go Zero Carbon but ‘Britain Has Woefully Failed’
The Government is ‘absolutely not going to save us… 2025 needs to be the year we start to save ourselves’.
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Rupert Read looks at challenges facing planet in 2025 | Eastern Daily Press
For weeks now, my social media has been flooded with posts urging a “New Year, New Me!” But this year, I’d like to focus less on “me” and more on “us.”
