Climate Futures

Various impacts of climate change on the world of our children and grandchildren.

In Texas, a Crisis of Inaction Without Consequence

“I’ve been considering the response of humans to climate change through the lens of the classic five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Honestly, we’ve barely begun.”

https://mastodon.green/@christineburns/113413432846625603

Report: Appalachia Could Be a Haven for Climate Change Migrants

Janie Ekere • Report: Appalachia Could Be a Haven for Climate Change Migrants

‘The land is becoming desert’: drought pushes Sicily’s farming heritage to the brink

Lorenzo Tondo theguardian.com

“Last year, I had a life-changing experience at 90 years old. I went to space, after decades of playing an iconic science-fiction character who was exploring the universe. I thought I would experience a deep connection with the immensity around us, a deep call for endless exploration.

"I was absolutely wrong. The strongest feeling, that dominated

Rebecca Solnit/joy is a strategy on X: "They want you to feel powerless and surrender and let them trample everything and you are not going to let them. You are not giving up, and neither am I. The fact that we cannot save everything does not mean we cannot save anything and everything we can save is worth saving." / X

Rebecca Solnit/joy is a strategy • Tweet

How solar microgrids are bringing power (and quiet) to North Carolina

Elizabeth Ouzts canarymedia.com

“Hope clouds observation.” — Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965 novel

It comes on top of more visible good news—the IEA said this weak that oil demand around the world is softening because of “surging” sales of electric vehicles. In China, demand for gasoline will peak this year or next and then decline sharply. Britain, where the coal era was born, will close it’s last coal-fired power plant at the end of this month... See more

Bill McKibben • Silent Solar

From Bill McKibben’s substack.