‘Hot air from Glasgow means it’s time for radical leadership’: Read letter signed by over 200 academics

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Earlier this year, the official international summary of climate science announced we face increasing disasters and disruptions, with the most vulnerable suffering the most and soonest. Respecting climate justice, they could take immediate steps to reduce inequality both nationally and globally – key for any changes in livelihoods to be fair and lasting. That includes coordinated radical policy advocacy from outside of a corporate-driven system, for a Real Green Revolution that will significantly reduce and drawdown emissions, regenerate nature and help us adapt. Signed Dr Malika Virah-Sawmy, IAAS-Potsdam, Germany and Mauritius Professor Dr Jem Bendell, University of Cumbia and co-editor Deep Adaptation, UK Dr Yves Cochet, Former Minister of the Environment, France, Institut Momentum, France Professor Eva Lantsoght, Professor, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador Professor William Rees, Professor Emeritus Ecological Economics, University of British Columbia, USA Dr Aurelien Barrau, Professor of Astrophysics, Universite Grenoble-Alpes, France Professor Yin Paradies, Professor of Race Relations, Deakin University, Australia Dr Rupert Read, University of East Anglia, UK Dr Igor Polskiy, board member, GEN-Russia, Russia Dr Carola Kloeck, Assistant professor, Sciences Po Paris, France Dr Lajos Brons, Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Lakeland University Japan, JP Dr Morgan Phillips, Director, The Glacier Trust, UK A full list of all 200+ signatories can be found here.