Susannah Fisher
@susannahfisher.bsky.social
Book: Sink or Swim. UCL RDR. UKRI FLF working on knowledge politics in climate finance.
Pinned
The true cost of the car and a drive for change — new environment books
The history of snow, power of the sun and our motor vehicle addiction
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Delighted to see my new book Sink or Swim about the hard choices ahead to adapt to the impacts of climate change reviewed in the @financialtimes.com by @pilitaclark.bsky.social along with @billmckibben.bsky.social's brilliant new book on the rise of solar power.
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Sink or Swim: How the world needs to adapt to a changing #climate by @susannahfisher.bsky.social explores the hard choices that lie ahead: from global food supplies, coastal risks, mass migration and how justice can be kept in mind. A vital read for the future.
Get it here:
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Get it here:
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January 14, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Sink or Swim: How the world needs to adapt to a changing #climate by @susannahfisher.bsky.social explores the hard choices that lie ahead: from global food supplies, coastal risks, mass migration and how justice can be kept in mind. A vital read for the future.
Get it here:
buff.ly/lOZE7eY
📚💙
Get it here:
buff.ly/lOZE7eY
📚💙
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Need a last-minute holiday gift idea? One of these non-fiction climate books is sure to delight:
12 non-fiction titles that climate readers will be delighted to unwrap » Yale Climate Connections
These books span the cosmos, the ocean, climate solutions, rivers, forests, and more.
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December 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Need a last-minute holiday gift idea? One of these non-fiction climate books is sure to delight:
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Our last environmental book column of the year, featuring @jonathanslaght.com @susannahfisher.bsky.social @hillaryrosner.bsky.social @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social @mikegrunwald.bsky.social & many others.
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A Few More Environmental Books From 2025 We Couldn’t Let You Miss • The Revelator
Before ending the year, we wanted to highlight this eclectic assortment of reading gems we couldn’t fit into our earlier book reviews.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Our last environmental book column of the year, featuring @jonathanslaght.com @susannahfisher.bsky.social @hillaryrosner.bsky.social @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social @mikegrunwald.bsky.social & many others.
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Check out our recent episode with @susannahfisher.bsky.social to discuss her new book SINK OR SWIM
We discuss how the world needs to adapt to climate change and what's happened since the Paris Agreement
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We discuss how the world needs to adapt to climate change and what's happened since the Paris Agreement
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The Paris Reckoning: Adaptation (w/ Susannah Fisher)
Podcast Episode · The Climate Pod · 12/05/2025 · 1h 3m
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December 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Check out our recent episode with @susannahfisher.bsky.social to discuss her new book SINK OR SWIM
We discuss how the world needs to adapt to climate change and what's happened since the Paris Agreement
iOS: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3i7T...
We discuss how the world needs to adapt to climate change and what's happened since the Paris Agreement
iOS: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3i7T...
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A greener life, a greener world's latest Green Voices episode has landed!
I speak to climate scientist @susannahfisher.bsky.social about her book Sink or Swim and what motivated her to write it.
In this extract, she reflects on the importance of instilling hope.
#GreenVoices #climatescience
I speak to climate scientist @susannahfisher.bsky.social about her book Sink or Swim and what motivated her to write it.
In this extract, she reflects on the importance of instilling hope.
#GreenVoices #climatescience
Extract from Green Voices Ep 16 - Dr Susannah Fisher: how to instil hope
YouTube video by A greener life, a greener world
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December 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
A greener life, a greener world's latest Green Voices episode has landed!
I speak to climate scientist @susannahfisher.bsky.social about her book Sink or Swim and what motivated her to write it.
In this extract, she reflects on the importance of instilling hope.
#GreenVoices #climatescience
I speak to climate scientist @susannahfisher.bsky.social about her book Sink or Swim and what motivated her to write it.
In this extract, she reflects on the importance of instilling hope.
#GreenVoices #climatescience
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Susannah’s book questions what structures nations/civilization may need to meet the challenges of adaptation & survival in a +2°C world. Perhaps a natural follow-on to David Wallace-Wells 2017 New York Times article “The Uninhabitable Earth”, & Jem Bendell's “Deep Adaptation" literature from 2018?
A new excerpt of my new book on adapting to climate change, Sink or Swim, is now up on @ssir.org celebrating the North American launch this week!
@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social
ssir.org/books/excerp...
@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social
ssir.org/books/excerp...
Locked In (SSIR)
An excerpt from Sink or Swim on adapting to the climate change we can't prevent
ssir.org
December 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Susannah’s book questions what structures nations/civilization may need to meet the challenges of adaptation & survival in a +2°C world. Perhaps a natural follow-on to David Wallace-Wells 2017 New York Times article “The Uninhabitable Earth”, & Jem Bendell's “Deep Adaptation" literature from 2018?
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🚨 Job opportunity🚨
We are looking for an editorial assistant to work with me on the RGS journals (TIBG, The GJ, Area & Geo) as we move online systems.
🗓6 months fixed term
🕑0.4 FTE
📍Remote working option
❗️Closing date 11th Dec
Please share & apply! Happy to answer Qs.
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We are looking for an editorial assistant to work with me on the RGS journals (TIBG, The GJ, Area & Geo) as we move online systems.
🗓6 months fixed term
🕑0.4 FTE
📍Remote working option
❗️Closing date 11th Dec
Please share & apply! Happy to answer Qs.
www.rgs.org/about-us/wor...
Editorial Assistant for RGS-IBG Journals | Job vacancy
An exciting opportunity to develop a greater understanding of the academic peer review and publishing process. Part time, six-month fixed term contract.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🚨 Job opportunity🚨
We are looking for an editorial assistant to work with me on the RGS journals (TIBG, The GJ, Area & Geo) as we move online systems.
🗓6 months fixed term
🕑0.4 FTE
📍Remote working option
❗️Closing date 11th Dec
Please share & apply! Happy to answer Qs.
www.rgs.org/about-us/wor...
We are looking for an editorial assistant to work with me on the RGS journals (TIBG, The GJ, Area & Geo) as we move online systems.
🗓6 months fixed term
🕑0.4 FTE
📍Remote working option
❗️Closing date 11th Dec
Please share & apply! Happy to answer Qs.
www.rgs.org/about-us/wor...
My publisher are offering a sale on my book, Sink or Swim, this week - an early Xmas present for family and friends?
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sink-or-s...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sink-or-s...
Sink or Swim
The world needs to adapt to climate change – but how? What are the key problems and hard choices that lie ahead for the global community? This book reveals all.…
www.bloomsbury.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
My publisher are offering a sale on my book, Sink or Swim, this week - an early Xmas present for family and friends?
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sink-or-s...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sink-or-s...
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Climate change is driving 40% of UK food price hikes.
Protecting households from spiralling costs of living means protecting the planet.
It's time to kick the expensive fossil fuel habit and accelerate the shift towards heating & powering Britain with efficient renewables.
@nebriefing.bsky.social
Protecting households from spiralling costs of living means protecting the planet.
It's time to kick the expensive fossil fuel habit and accelerate the shift towards heating & powering Britain with efficient renewables.
@nebriefing.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Climate change is driving 40% of UK food price hikes.
Protecting households from spiralling costs of living means protecting the planet.
It's time to kick the expensive fossil fuel habit and accelerate the shift towards heating & powering Britain with efficient renewables.
@nebriefing.bsky.social
Protecting households from spiralling costs of living means protecting the planet.
It's time to kick the expensive fossil fuel habit and accelerate the shift towards heating & powering Britain with efficient renewables.
@nebriefing.bsky.social
Happy to see a review of Sink or Swim in @westenglandbylines.co.uk. Thanks for reading!
In Sink or Swim, Susannah fisher makes the case for “stubborn optimism” while describing in stark terms the reality of the climate emergency | Steve Dawe
Book review – Sink or Swim: How the World Needs to Adapt to a Changing Climate by Susannah Fisher
In Sink or Swim, Susannah fisher makes the case for “stubborn optimism” while describing in stark terms the reality of the climate emergency
westenglandbylines.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Happy to see a review of Sink or Swim in @westenglandbylines.co.uk. Thanks for reading!
I wrote about how five countries are adapting to climate change in @uk.theconversation.com
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How five countries are adapting to the climate crisis
Current action isn’t enough - here’s how nations can better adapt to climate change now and in the future.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I wrote about how five countries are adapting to climate change in @uk.theconversation.com
@uclrdr.bsky.social @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social
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@uclrdr.bsky.social @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social
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A new excerpt of my new book on adapting to climate change, Sink or Swim, is now up on @ssir.org celebrating the North American launch this week!
@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social
ssir.org/books/excerp...
@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social
ssir.org/books/excerp...
Locked In (SSIR)
An excerpt from Sink or Swim on adapting to the climate change we can't prevent
ssir.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
A new excerpt of my new book on adapting to climate change, Sink or Swim, is now up on @ssir.org celebrating the North American launch this week!
@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social
ssir.org/books/excerp...
@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social
ssir.org/books/excerp...
I wrote a piece in the @newscientist.com on how we need more action on adaptation
COP's negotiations this month will focus on money for climate change adaptation. While more money is essential, even a big increase won't be enough on its own and we need to face up to this, warns Susannah Fisher
Tough choices lie ahead when it comes to climate change adaptation
COP's negotiations this month will focus on money for climate change adaptation. While more money is essential, even a big increase won't be enough on its own and we need to face up to this, warns Susannah Fisher
www.newscientist.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I wrote a piece in the @newscientist.com on how we need more action on adaptation
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Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa Four Times More Likely: @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social study via @en.afp.com
"Adaptation to climate change is vital but it is not a sufficient response to global warming. The emission of greenhouse gases also has to stop."
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"Adaptation to climate change is vital but it is not a sufficient response to global warming. The emission of greenhouse gases also has to stop."
www.barrons.com/news/climate...
Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa Four Times More Likely: Study
Hurricane Melissa, which struck Jamaica as one of the most powerful storms ever recorded, was made four times more likely because of human-caused climate change, a rapid analysis said Wednesday.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa Four Times More Likely: @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social study via @en.afp.com
"Adaptation to climate change is vital but it is not a sufficient response to global warming. The emission of greenhouse gases also has to stop."
www.barrons.com/news/climate...
"Adaptation to climate change is vital but it is not a sufficient response to global warming. The emission of greenhouse gases also has to stop."
www.barrons.com/news/climate...
Wondering what's happening on adaptation in COP 30 and beyond?
Come to here me talk about how we need to adapt with Mark Maslin at @waterstones.bsky.social Gower Street on Nov 6th.
Tickets here:
www.waterstones.com/events/sink-...
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Come to here me talk about how we need to adapt with Mark Maslin at @waterstones.bsky.social Gower Street on Nov 6th.
Tickets here:
www.waterstones.com/events/sink-...
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @uclrdr.bsky.social
Sink or Swim: how the world needs to adapt to a changing climate. Susannah Fisher in conversation with Mark Maslin. | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Sink or Swim: how the world needs to adapt to a changing climate. Susannah Fisher in c...
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October 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Wondering what's happening on adaptation in COP 30 and beyond?
Come to here me talk about how we need to adapt with Mark Maslin at @waterstones.bsky.social Gower Street on Nov 6th.
Tickets here:
www.waterstones.com/events/sink-...
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @uclrdr.bsky.social
Come to here me talk about how we need to adapt with Mark Maslin at @waterstones.bsky.social Gower Street on Nov 6th.
Tickets here:
www.waterstones.com/events/sink-...
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @uclrdr.bsky.social
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Even if we stopped burning fossil fuels tomorrow, we've already done enough damage that we need to adapt today, as @susannahfisher.bsky.social explains.
What does adapting to climate change really mean — for our homes, food, & communities?
🎧 Listen now: play.megaphone.fm/5duieo4is-ej...
What does adapting to climate change really mean — for our homes, food, & communities?
🎧 Listen now: play.megaphone.fm/5duieo4is-ej...
October 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Even if we stopped burning fossil fuels tomorrow, we've already done enough damage that we need to adapt today, as @susannahfisher.bsky.social explains.
What does adapting to climate change really mean — for our homes, food, & communities?
🎧 Listen now: play.megaphone.fm/5duieo4is-ej...
What does adapting to climate change really mean — for our homes, food, & communities?
🎧 Listen now: play.megaphone.fm/5duieo4is-ej...
A few weeks ago I talked to @climateone.org about what is means to adapt and how it is a time to build new futures with gritty hope. Have a listen!
So many conversations about the climate crisis focus on prevention. But no matter how well we succeed on that front, climate-induced disasters are already destroying lives & livelihoods, & causing hundreds of billions of $$ of damage. So how do we adapt? Find out on the latest from Climate One: 🎧👇
Adaptation: When Prevention Isn’t Enough
So much of the conversation about the climate crisis focuses on prevention. But no matter how well we succeed on that front, climate-induced disasters are already causing hundreds of billions of dolla...
play.megaphone.fm
October 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
A few weeks ago I talked to @climateone.org about what is means to adapt and how it is a time to build new futures with gritty hope. Have a listen!
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So many conversations about the climate crisis focus on prevention. But no matter how well we succeed on that front, climate-induced disasters are already destroying lives & livelihoods, & causing hundreds of billions of $$ of damage. So how do we adapt? Find out on the latest from Climate One: 🎧👇
Adaptation: When Prevention Isn’t Enough
So much of the conversation about the climate crisis focuses on prevention. But no matter how well we succeed on that front, climate-induced disasters are already causing hundreds of billions of dolla...
play.megaphone.fm
October 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
So many conversations about the climate crisis focus on prevention. But no matter how well we succeed on that front, climate-induced disasters are already destroying lives & livelihoods, & causing hundreds of billions of $$ of damage. So how do we adapt? Find out on the latest from Climate One: 🎧👇
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PhD scholarship opportunity, to work with @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social and myself on the 'local politics of climate backlash' at @uompols.bsky.social and @justcentre.bsky.social. Please circulate to anyone who might be interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/project....
October 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
PhD scholarship opportunity, to work with @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social and myself on the 'local politics of climate backlash' at @uompols.bsky.social and @justcentre.bsky.social. Please circulate to anyone who might be interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/project....
A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to talk about my new book, Sink or Swim, with @dannydorling.bsky.social at @caper.fun. It was a really interesting conversation and a great first bookshop event for me. Have a listen below.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApWV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApWV...
Sink or Swim: How the world needs to adapt to a changing climate
YouTube video by Danny Dorling
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October 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to talk about my new book, Sink or Swim, with @dannydorling.bsky.social at @caper.fun. It was a really interesting conversation and a great first bookshop event for me. Have a listen below.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApWV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApWV...
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Bleaching, Melting, Slowing: New Global Tipping Points report tracks growing risks of Earth system tipping points. It highlights mounting risks, from melting glaciers, ice fields to slowing ocean currents, ice sheets & rainforests under pressure.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
October 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Bleaching, Melting, Slowing: New Global Tipping Points report tracks growing risks of Earth system tipping points. It highlights mounting risks, from melting glaciers, ice fields to slowing ocean currents, ice sheets & rainforests under pressure.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
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Invitation to a Zoom meeting on Mon. 3 Nov. 2025 starting at 7.30pm and hosted by us.
#SophieYeo will be talking about her award-winning book 'Nature's Ghosts'. Email RichardJefferiesSociety@btinternet.com to receive the free link to attend the meeting. www.richardjefferiesaward.org/p/2024-nomin...
#SophieYeo will be talking about her award-winning book 'Nature's Ghosts'. Email RichardJefferiesSociety@btinternet.com to receive the free link to attend the meeting. www.richardjefferiesaward.org/p/2024-nomin...
October 13, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Invitation to a Zoom meeting on Mon. 3 Nov. 2025 starting at 7.30pm and hosted by us.
#SophieYeo will be talking about her award-winning book 'Nature's Ghosts'. Email RichardJefferiesSociety@btinternet.com to receive the free link to attend the meeting. www.richardjefferiesaward.org/p/2024-nomin...
#SophieYeo will be talking about her award-winning book 'Nature's Ghosts'. Email RichardJefferiesSociety@btinternet.com to receive the free link to attend the meeting. www.richardjefferiesaward.org/p/2024-nomin...
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Recommended read: An extract from a new book on how the world needs to adapt to climate change, by Dr @susannahfisher.bsky.social, featured in Backchannel.
Why do we need to adapt?
In the first of a three-part series, adaptation expert Susannah Fisher explains why the scale of climate impacts poses hard choices around how to live safely in the climate-changed world.
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October 5, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Recommended read: An extract from a new book on how the world needs to adapt to climate change, by Dr @susannahfisher.bsky.social, featured in Backchannel.
Backchannel are running some short extracts from my book in the run up to COP 30.
The first one is up and includes a 25% discount code for UK buyers :)
backchannel1.substack.com/p/why-do-we-...
The first one is up and includes a 25% discount code for UK buyers :)
backchannel1.substack.com/p/why-do-we-...
Why do we need to adapt?
In the first of a three-part series, adaptation expert Susannah Fisher explains why the scale of climate impacts poses hard choices around how to live safely in the climate-changed world.
backchannel1.substack.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Backchannel are running some short extracts from my book in the run up to COP 30.
The first one is up and includes a 25% discount code for UK buyers :)
backchannel1.substack.com/p/why-do-we-...
The first one is up and includes a 25% discount code for UK buyers :)
backchannel1.substack.com/p/why-do-we-...
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Currently reading: Sink or Swim, by @susannahfisher.bsky.social - very good so far, and a hardback book without a dust cover is a classy object, no?
October 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Currently reading: Sink or Swim, by @susannahfisher.bsky.social - very good so far, and a hardback book without a dust cover is a classy object, no?