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Phoenix, dodo or butterfly? Three futures for East Anglia
This opinion piece first appeared in the Eastern Daily Press here. Let me transport you a decade into the future, in this vulnerable and beautiful part of the world that we share, out here in the East. It’s 2034. Little progress has been made worldwide or in this country at making us safe against climate breakdown. Here in East Anglia, we are, as a result, increasingly vulnerable to extreme temperatures – and extreme ‘weather events’ aka climate disasters. It’s early autumn. A huge storm-system is barrelling down the North Sea. Combining with ultra high tides, it overwhelms coastal flood defences in some places. But worse, gigantic volumes of sea water…
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Climate Majority Book Launch Webinar | Lord Deben | Caroline Lucas | Jon Alexander | Rupert Read
The authors are joined by special guests, Caroline Lucas, Jon Alexander and Lord Deben, to launch the Climate Majority Project book.
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Is Net Zero the future or a whole lot of hot air? | GBNews
Rupert Read takes on biassed GB News presenter AND hard-Right lobby group rep, over how to stabilise our climate, and comes out on top… Video courtesy of Camilla Tominey, GBnews https://www.gbnews.com/
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What is the Climate Majority Project?
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Go Green, Go Broke? | Jacob Rees-Mogg
Rupert Read on GBNews with Jacob Rees-Mogg. Video courtesy of GBNews https://www.gbnews.com/politics/uk/jacob-rees-mogg/
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Is there a climate majority? | Hexham Debates
Realistic reflections on where we are and where we should be… Find out more about the Hexham Debates here.
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Regulate Us! | The Climate Clock is Ticking Horribly Fast | Durham Union Debate
“Transformation is coming, either because our civilisation collapses or because we undertake transformation wisely as a deliberate project. What could that project look like?” The Durham Union first started out in 1835, as the Durham Debating Society. Much like its sister Unions at Oxford and Cambridge, founded in 1823 and 1815 respectively, it was orientated around promoting debate between students, holding meetings at Hatfield Hall and University College. Across the UK in communities, workplaces and wherever they have power, people from all walks of life are organising the kinds of serious climate action that will make governments take notice. The Climate Majority Project is a rallying place for citizen climate…
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Let’s Stop Climate-Destroying Road Schemes | Royal Courts of Justice
As the sub-postmasters have found, British justice may be slow but its eventual arc points towards truth - and (in this case, climate) justice!
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Navigating Overshoot & The Polycrisis Through Transformative Adaptation | Nathalie Nahai
A wide-ranging discussion with Nathalie Nahai.
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End CoP: Aren’t we all fed up with this vapid, self-congratulatory farce?
Attempts to put a brave face on COP28 won’t wash: the COP’s won’t work, they just make things worse.