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Climate adaptation is harder to polarise than decarbonisation, because its results are local and quickly visible.Their words
Adaptation is harder to polarise than mitigation, because its results can be seen locally, and relatively quickly, making it easier to judge what works.
Rupert Read
British philosopher and climate campaigner; former reader in philosophy at the University of East Anglia and Green Party spokesperson; co-director of the Climate Majority Project; author of Why Climate Breakdown Matters.
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Climate adaptation is harder to polarise than decarbonisation, because its results are local and quickly visible.
Adaptation is harder to polarise than mitigation, because its results can be seen locally, and relatively quickly, making it easier to judge what works.
rupertsreads.substack.comSaid 31 Oct 2026This on korrents
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AI will soon require deep, strategic adaptation, just as climate breakdown does.
the same will soon be true of AI as is true of carbon/climate: transformative/strategic and deep adaptations to it will be required to take centre-stage: and soon.
rupertsreads.substack.comSaid 23 Oct 2026This on korrents
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From one piece This Cyber-Security Flaw was Found, What About the Next One? 2 beliefs · rupertsreads.substack.com
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Before AI, reality and truth had a built-in advantage. That has now gone.
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the same will soon be true of AI as is true of carbon/climate: transformative/strategic and deep adaptations to it will be required to take centre-stage: and soon.
21 October
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New North Sea drilling will not lower home-heating bills; investing in heat pumps and insulation would be far better.Their words
They don’t understand that this will NOT hold down the cost of home-heating, that it will NOT generate meaningful tax receipts (because we subsidise these rigs so much), and that a FAR better investment would have been in heat pumps and insulation.
8 October
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My opinion: #AI should be paused and probably stopped.
5 October
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Building more nuclear power stations is a bad idea.Their words
Nuclear power is slow, dirty, vastly expensive, cannot run safely during heatwaves.
20 August
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North Sea oil and gas should be left unburned, partly because future generations may need it for other purposes.Their words
there may come a time in the future when that oil and gas is useful for some OTHER purpose than to burn. But when it’s gone, it’s gone forever.
18 August
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The simple truth is that it won’t do having water companies privately owned. As we go deeper into climate and ecological breakdown, their systematic profit-driven waste and neglect will cost more and more lives.
21 May 2021
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Lyrical BalladsTheir words
So the first book—perhaps a bit of an unexpected choice—is Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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The Imperative of ResponsibilityTheir words
The Imperative of Responsibility is probably Jonas’s masterpiece.
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Down to EarthTheir words
My final book choice, Bruno Latour’s Down to Earth is about the increasingly important question of whether we’re going to stay with this idea of ourselves as earthlings, or whether we’re going to try and escape our earthly nature, which, because of technological advances, is supposedly starting to be a live question.
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Climate adaptation is harder to polarise than decarbonisation, because its results are local and quickly visible.
Adaptation is harder to polarise than mitigation, because its results can be seen locally, and relatively quickly, making it easier to judge what works.
What is Climate Popularism? Said 31 Oct 2026
AI will soon require deep, strategic adaptation, just as climate breakdown does.
the same will soon be true of AI as is true of carbon/climate: transformative/strategic and deep adaptations to it will be required to take centre-stage: and soon.
This Cyber-Security Flaw was Found, What About the Next One? Said 23 Oct 2026
AI takes away the built-in advantage that truth used to have over falsehood.
Before AI, reality and truth had a built-in advantage. That has now gone.
This Cyber-Security Flaw was Found, What About the Next One? Said 23 Oct 2026
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New North Sea drilling will not lower home-heating bills; investing in heat pumps and insulation would be far better.
They don’t understand that this will NOT hold down the cost of home-heating, that it will NOT generate meaningful tax receipts (because we subsidise these rigs so much), and that a FAR better investment would have been in heat pumps and insulation.
Outrage and Heartbreak: My Reaction to Jackdaw Decision Said 21 Oct 2026
AI development should be paused, and probably stopped.
My opinion: #AI should be paused and probably stopped.
@rupertread.bsky.social on Bluesky Said 8 Oct 2026
Building more nuclear power stations is a bad idea.
Nuclear power is slow, dirty, vastly expensive, cannot run safely during heatwaves.
@rupertread.bsky.social on Bluesky Said 5 Oct 2026
North Sea oil and gas should be left unburned, partly because future generations may need it for other purposes.
there may come a time in the future when that oil and gas is useful for some OTHER purpose than to burn. But when it’s gone, it’s gone forever.
LISTEN: Debate on North Sea Gas Said 20 Aug 2026
Water companies in Britain should be brought back under public ownership.
The simple truth is that it won’t do having water companies privately owned. As we go deeper into climate and ecological breakdown, their systematic profit-driven waste and neglect will cost more and more lives.
A Rant on Water Companies Said 18 Aug 2026
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Recommends Down to Earth
My final book choice, Bruno Latour’s Down to Earth is about the increasingly important question of whether we’re going to stay with this idea of ourselves as earthlings, or whether we’re going to try and escape our earthly nature, which, because of technological advances, is supposedly starting to be a live question.
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Recommends The Imperative of Responsibility
The Imperative of Responsibility is probably Jonas’s masterpiece.
fivebooks.com 21 May 2021
Recommends Lyrical Ballads
So the first book—perhaps a bit of an unexpected choice—is Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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Newsletter Rupert's Reads Frequent essays on climate politics and adaptation
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