“Global warming levels force a simple question: when will the world reach a given level of warming? The answer, of course, is that it’s up to us. Reporting that severe risks and catastrophic outcomes are projected to occur at a particular time can give a false sense of inevitability and obscure the role of human choice in determining the future.”1Not only does this approach help us all to rediscover our agency in this mess, but it also allows us to embrace the inherent uncertainty. To paraphrase futurist a
Source: Pessimism and Optimism Are Both False Choices in the Climate Crisis
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