North Pole, the dark ocean surface reflects only six per cent of incoming solar radiation, while sea ice reflects 50 to 70 per cent
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HENRY BELL is fascinated by the underlying curiosities and contradictions of one of the great poets of the Mediterranean
DAVID RENTON recommends a books that explores the ways in which disabled people are made to feel both of and not part of this world
JONATHAN TAYLOR is fascinated by the philosophical problems that permeate the art of life-writing
GORDON PARSONS steps warily in between the lines of Britain’s most famous diarist
SIMON DUFF recommends a recording of Arvo Part that takes the listener on a pilgrimage through seemingly distant times and events of the Bible
Why Climate Breakdown Matters
by Rupert Read
Bloomsbury £17.99
“THERE are no non-radical futures,” top climate scientist Professor Kevin Anderson has repeatedly explained. “The future is radically different from the present either because we make huge, rapid shifts in reducing our emissions with profound shifts in our society, or we hang onto the status quo for a few more years whilst we lock in huge shifts from the impacts of climate change.”
After reading Why Climate Breakdown Matters, I’m confident Rupert Read, an associate professor of philosophy at the University of East Anglia and former Green Party councillor, wholeheartedly agrees with this.
A summation of his recent writings, talks and activism, it’s a deeply challenging and necessary book.
At the very moment Britain faces poverty, housing and climate crises requiring radical solutions, the liberal press promotes ideologically narrow books while marginalising authors who offer the most accurate understanding of change, writes IAN SINCLAIR
ELIZABETH SHORT recommends a bracing study of energy intensive AI and the race of such technology towards war profits
