To prevent climate catastrophe, abandon the idea we can limit overheating to 1.5C
28th February 2022
28th February 2022
25th February 2022
“You could attach prices to ideas. Some cost a lot, some little … And how do you pay for ideas? I believe: with courage.”— Ludwig Wittgenstein.
17th February 2022
17th February 2022
As a philosopher who thinks about climate change, a central concern motivating my work in recent years has been anguish that our species and our political-economic systems are dangerously short-termist. Indeed, I have a book coming out soon on just this: in Why Climate Breakdown Matters, I set out the pressing need for humanity to become more “long-termist” in its outlook.
2nd January 2022
If 2021 has taught us anything, it’s that time is up for business as usual.
15th December 2021
There are many ways to have a ‘greener’ more ‘eco-friendly’ and ‘sustainable’ Christmas although most of them still rely on some level of consumption but what if you want to go further still? Rupert Read has some thoughts.