Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Quote of the day: Optimism on climate

"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

Earth seen from space

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...

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— Katharine Hayhoe (@katharinehayhoe.com) September 24, 2024 at 8:14 AM

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

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