Climate Delayres and Climate Deniers Unpick 1.5

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Climate scientists say 1.5 degrees of global average overheat is a tipping point and that we must stay below 2 degrees to avoid catastrophe. But until the story shifts from 'come on everyone we've got to try harder' to 'what have we actually failed', things are going to get grim, says Lord Tebbit. The new moderate flank initiative will be launching in late November with more than 100 climate change activists around the world.

Rupert Read is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia, but he is also a Green party activist, and a prolific speaker, media spokesperson and author advocating for a wholehearted, whole-culture response to the Climate and Ecological Emergency.

A long-term friend of the podcast, Rupert joins us today to talk about his new book: 'Do You Want to Know the Truth: The Surprising Rewards of Climate Honesty' and to announce the launch of a new movement, the Moderate Flank, which aims to bring together a moderate majority of people who care deeply about anthropogenic climate change, but don't want to engage in polarising actions. In this deeply honest, raw episode, Rupert makes a passionate case for an anti-polarising movement which can engage people from all walks of life and furnish them with the tools for change that will help us to adapt to the coming changes - and to ensure that politically, economically, culturally, we create a more just, equitable - and regenerative - society that we can leave to the generations that come after us.

Rupert's new book https://249897.e-junkie.com/product/1756224/Do-you-want-to-know-the-truth3F-The-surprising-rewards-of-climate-honesty

Rupert's Website https://rupertread.net/
Rupert's SubStack: https://rupertread.substack.com/
Rupert on Twitter https://twitter.com/GreenRupertRead
Moderate Flank: https://moderateflank.org