Mark Lynas
Person on 3 sites
Environmental writer and campaigner; author of Six Degrees, The God Species and Our Final Warning.
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
Updated 2026-03-12 -
8 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Keeping global warming to the Paris target now looks impossible by any realistic measure. (opens korrents.com)
“Keeping to the Paris target now looks impossible by any realistic measure.”
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Clean energy is expanding rapidly, and decarbonization rather than fossil fuels is now the new business as usual. (opens korrents.com)
“Clean energy is expanding rapidly and decarbonization, not fossil fuels, is the new 'business as usual'.”
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The rate at which clean energy displaces fossil fuels should become the key measure of climate progress. (opens korrents.com)
“And the rate at which clean energy displaces fossil fuels in the global economy should become the key measure of climate progress.”
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Keeping global warming to the Paris target now looks impossible by any realistic measure. (opens korrents.com)
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5 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Last Chance to See (opens rcmnd.app)
“For me, Last Chance to See is a real eye-opener, with the idea that you can take a depressing subject – species on the verge of extinction – and present it in a way which is so engaging, so funny and so humane. I would…”
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The Ages of Gaia (opens rcmnd.app)
“Yes, James Lovelock wrote The Ages of Gaia, I think, in 1988. It wasn't his first Gaia book, but it is probably the best written one. I have just been re-reading it recently and certain themes that he picked up on are…”
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Straw Dogs (opens rcmnd.app)
“What I like about the book is the anti-humanism. The rejection of this idea we all have, that humanity is at the centre of the cosmos, which is a post-Christian thing.”
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Last Chance to See (opens rcmnd.app)