Category Commentary

Insights, opinions, and observations from climate leaders and communication professionals.

Toward the Best vs. ‘Worst-Case Scenario’ for our Climate

I want to start with something hopeful, because hope has been in short supply lately.

You may have seen the news that climate scientists are stepping away from the "worst-case scenario" they long used to picture our future. At first, that can sound confusing, even suspicious. So let me put it the way I'd want it explained to me: the future looks better than it once did — and not by accident. People changed it. Policies shifted. Technology improved. Ordinary folks, in ordinary communities, decided the road we were on wasn't the one they wanted for their children. And the road bent.

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Time for Moral Courage

The 4/29 Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais is a profound setback for our democracy. It is an attack on long and hard-won fights for voting rights, and guts the guardrails for fair representation in the communities already hit first and worst by climate change. 

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Time to Lead

As leaders in your community, people look to you for cues on what to think, say, and do. Every day, what you do and say matters to the breadth of people surrounding you. 

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A New Path Forward on Climate

For those of us who care about climate change and the myriad of issues affecting the most vulnerable among us, the election results were devastating. We’ve just gotten America on the path to solutions and now the hope and prospects to keep America and the world safe, thriving and healthy will be trampled on.

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What Americans Agree About on Climate Change

There are obvious facts about climate change and things we don’t know exactly yet. At the same time, Americans have different information sources and different priorities in their lives. Combine these and we end up with different perspectives on climate change. One thing is clear though, as the impacts become evermore undeniable and unignorable, we have an uncertain future for all of us. So, what do Americans think about climate change now?

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