Rupert Read
British environmental philosopher; founder of the Climate Majority Project.
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- Rupert Read is a British environmental philosopher and the founder and director of the Climate Majority Project.
- He was a reader in philosophy at the University of East Anglia until 2023, and wrote on the precautionary principle with Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
- He was a spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion and a Green Party spokesperson for transport.
Key facts
- Born
- 19661
- Books
- Why Climate Breakdown Matters; Deep Adaptation: Navigating the Realities of Climate Chaos; Do You Want to Know the Truth?1
- Earlier
- Chair of the Green House think tank; East of England co-ordinator, Green Party1
- Left academia
- Summer 2023, to build the Climate Majority Project1
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