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David Spratt
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Philip Sutton
Philip Sutton is the convener of the Greenleap Strategic Institute, a…
DiscoverPhilip Sutton has recently died at the age of 71. We extend our condolences to his family and loved ones.
Philip was a pioneering climate activist and the co-author of Climate Code Red: the case for emergency action, the book that coined the term ‘climate emergency’. The 2008 book is a meticulously documented call-to-action revealing extensive scientific evidence that the climate crisis was almost at the point of no return.
Obituary: Sutton’s 2008 book Climate Code Red was a prescient warning of the need for more urgent and immediate action on global heating
This meticulously documented call-to-action reveals extensive scientific evidence that the global warming crisis is far worse than officially indicated — and that we’re almost at the point of no return.
Serious climate-change impacts are already happening: large ice-sheets are disintegrating, sea-level rises will reach 5 metres this century, and we are seeing devastating species loss.
It is no longer a case of how much more we can ‘safely’ emit, but whether we can stop emissions and produce a deliberate cooling before the Earth’s climate system reaches a point beyond any hope of human…
David Spratt
David Spratt is a Melbourne businessman, climate-policy analyst, and…
DiscoverPhilip Sutton
Philip Sutton is the convener of the Greenleap Strategic Institute, a…
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