
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.


