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— 22 May 2023 —

Adapt or die: Jem Bendell’s radical vision to survive the climate crisis

Environment

Bendell is perhaps the most controversial person I’ve interviewed in 15 years of journalism. In 2018, he published an academic paper warning that, due to climate change, our society faces inevitable and imminent collapse.

Lucy Jones

Link to full article in GQ Magazine by Lucy Jones

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