After my essay on September 5th on the need for a pan-ecological understanding of climate change and how to respond to it, I received a range of feedback and questions. “Does it change your anticipation of collapse,” was one question. Ahead of next week’s Metacrisis Meeting on this topic, in this blog I am sharing… Continue reading Restoring Forest Cover and Ocean Health as the Frontline in the Climate Fight – an FAQ→| Prof Jem Bendell
In this essay I offer what I think is my most comprehensive update since the Deep Adaptation paper on how I interpret the latest climate science and data. I start from the alarming acceleration of global temperatures since early 2023, surpassing predictions and challenging established climatology. I critique current climate science for its dogmatic, carbon-centric focus, which fails to fully integrate crucial ecological processes. This includes the role of forests and oceans in cooling the pl...| Prof Jem Bendell
In this essay I explore techno-surveillance and its normalization in society. I summarise a new study revealing how WiFi and 5G signals can be used to identify us with high accuracy - WhoFi. Current regulatory frameworks are inadequate to protect against such ambient surveillance. This is not something to resign ourselves to, as it could be used to usher in a more authoritarian response to disruption and collapse. We can join a political push towards stricter regulations, such as requiring co...| Prof Jem Bendell
Six hundred and seventy-four scholars from 53 countries, believe that “Only if policymakers begin to discuss this threat of societal collapse might communities and nations begin to prepare and so r…| Prof Jem Bendell
With over 30 years working as a climate scientist, Dr Wolfgang Knorr has been ‘blowing the whistle’ on climatology and how it is being communicated. He believes that the dangers of clim…| Prof Jem Bendell