"What we are trying to do – a thing that has never been attempted let alone accomplished by any other species (by any other species!) in the history of the world – is to think our way out of that boom-bust cycle. Think of the achievement already represented in the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, the United Nations body that addresses climate change): a body representing virtually every human on the planet that brings together our best and brightest in an optimistic effort to do a thing so unnatural, so beautiful, and so exciting that it’s never been done before. In the universe. Ever."
— A Case for Climate Hope & Optimism: An Argument in Three Parts, ScottyMcD, Sustainable Optimism (Substack), April 21, 2024
I always suspected this could be the case, and new research proves it's true: Rich countries could raise 5x the money poor countries need for climate finance thru windfall taxes on fossil fuels, ending harmful subsidies + a wealth tax on billionaires. Read more: www.oilchange.org/publications...
— Katharine Hayhoe (@katharinehayhoe.com) September 24, 2024 at 8:14 AM
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my tiny beef of the day: I dislike the phrase “climate hawk” being applied to people who take climate change and its challenges seriously I propose “climate beaver” instead, as it implies the hard work necessary to mitigate disaster and save lives beavers actually build stuff!
— Julia Sssssscary (@booktweeting.bsky.social) October 8, 2024 at 1:57 PM
. Got Eco-Anxiety? This Activist Is Showing Us How to Keep Hope Alive - Good On You Find out more: goodonyou.eco/mikaela-loach... #ClimateAction
— My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction (@myzerocarbon.org) March 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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"False optimism is incredibly dangerous... It is high time for a shift in mindset…. Recognising the extent to which we have failed so far, and the extent to which the mitigation/decarbonisation story is stalled, is a necessary prelude to starting anew." www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
— Annie Leymarie (@annieleymarie.bsky.social) December 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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The oil pundit brain is fundamentally unsuited to dealing with climate as an issue. Scenarios depicting a transition to safe energy are treated as if they're forecasts, and correspondingly scoffed at as 'bad forecasts'. The idea of laying out a desirable future we should fight for is just weird
— Ketan Joshi (@ketanjoshi.co) February 25, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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And because climate is understood as political rhetoric rather than physical reality, you end up with the idea that the IEA not mentioning net zero somehow changes the level of threat we face from the burning of fossil fuels. If we don't mention climate change, the laws of physics change :) :)
— Ketan Joshi (@ketanjoshi.co) February 25, 2026 at 2:30 PM
This orchestrated surrender to burning 19th century fuels gets framed as Very Serious, Adults-in-the-room realism rather than a weird, baffling choice to cause entirely avoidable suffering. I am so sick of it.
— Ketan Joshi (@ketanjoshi.co) February 25, 2026 at 2:30 PM
I’m worried by so many well-meaning people disowning net zero. Yes, its jargon and polls badly, so using other phrases/framing makes sense, but as it is the only route to stabilising the temperature, it feels like abandoning it is both dangerous and plays into the hands of those who want it gone.
— Rob Cheesewright (@robcheesewright.bsky.social) February 25, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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