Its relentless trajectory: To bring it on, all we have to do is, um, nothing. Its overwhelming complexity: To fix it, not only do we have to do something, but, as Naomi Klein has said, we pretty much have to “change everything” about how our economy and society operates. Its asymmetries of power: Those of us most historically responsible for

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I want to be clear, I am very much not saying “Don’t worry, be happy.” I’ve written far too much about climate science over the years to not be profoundly worried about the very real problems that we face and the truly gargantuan task involved in overcoming them. The conservative attitude that declares human ingenuity will always come to the rescue

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Here’s why I think adaptation will be our primary response: •Adaptation is agnostic. Humans have been successfully adapting to changes in climate for millennia, and for most of that time, they did so without the foggiest notion of what (besides the vengeful gods) might be causing them. While the information we have now will help guide adaptation

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