• XR Strategy by the ‘Ecologist’

    Extinction Rebellion just dropped its new strategy. The key message: ‘we need to take to the streets to challenge power’ The threat of climate breakdown has never felt more acute, more immediate or more real. Temperature records are being consistently broken, there are unprecedented floods and fatalities. During these events Extinction Rebellion UK (XR) has raised awareness, given ...

  • A re-insurer’s view…

    What effect is climate change having? Ernst Rauch, Chief Climate and Geo Scientist at Munich Re, and head of the Climate Solutions Unit, commented as follows on the figures: “The 2021 disaster statistics are striking because some of the extreme weather events are of the kind that are likely to become ...

  • Where we are at this time: A point of view.

    XR POTENTIAL MESSAGING 2022 (for collective consideration) OBJECTIVE:  REITERATE WHY EXTINCTION REBELLION [COLLECTIVE MASS DISRUPTIVE ACTIVISM] IS NECESSARY AS EVER TO CALL PEOPLE TO ACTION. TELL THE TRUTH. The UK Government is not being honest: #1  There is no where near enough action to reduce carbon emissions now to try ...

  • Year end view from the Economist!

    The Economist December 27TH 2021 The Climate Issue Our latest climate-change analysis This year has delivered a rollicking ride for climate news. It kicked off with President Joe Biden bringing the United States back into the Paris agreement ...