#ClimateOptimism is an illusion, UN chief tells Cop26
"Optimistic assessments of progress on tackling the climate crisis were “an illusion”, the UN secretary general has said in a scathing critique of world leaders’ efforts so far to cut greenhouse gas emissions and stave off climate breakdown." #ccmindsets
Are You Suffering From #ShiftingBaselineSyndrome?
"Our conservation and policy efforts are becoming less effective with each generation, while we become more satisfied with our diminishing actions because our targets are weaker in terms of biodiversity and habitat heterogeneity." #ccmindsets
MLK might point towards the reason why majorities seem indifferent to climate action: The #Moderates
"In April 1963, Dr. King sat alone in the Birmingham jail. He knew the rabid side of white supremacy very intimately. And yet he wrote that 'the white moderate, who is more devoted to #Order than to justice,' was more of an impediment than 'the White Citizens Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner.'" #ccmindsets
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/20/opinion/martin-luther-king-new-york.html
Social change more important than physical tipping points
“#SocialChange is essential to meeting the goals set in Paris. But what has been achieved to date is insufficient.” #ccmindsets
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-degree-goal-plausible-social-important.html
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is currently not plausible, claims a new, central study released by Universität Hamburg's Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS).
#Social #TippingPoints are the only hope for the climate
"If there is any hope at all, it lies in the fact that #SocialChange is often nonlinear." #ccmindsets
https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2020/1/29/21083250/climate-change-social-tipping-points
When it comes to emissions, the '#TooSmallToMatter' argument is absurd
This is the #1 excuse on all levels. Whether we are justifying flying for personal pleasure, buying a SUV, whether governments are licensing a new coal mine, or if heads of state evade climate action for an entire country, everyone insists that their emissions are '#TooSmallToMatter'. #ccmindsets
There are three types of #ClimateChangeDenial—and most of us [express] at least one
"Of course, some are unable to respond, financially or otherwise, but for many, #ImplicatoryDenial is a kind of dissociation. Ignoring the moral imperative to act is as damning a form of #Denial as any other, and arguably is much worse." #ccmindsets
https://qz.com/1726232/the-three-types-of-climate-change-denial
#Asperger syndrome helps [me] see through environment 'lies'
“It makes me see things from outside the box. I don’t easily fall for lies, I can see through things.” #ccmindsets
‘Stubborn #Optimism’ Will Pave the Way to Climate Disaster
"Faced with all the available evidence, stubborn #Realism is required – a stubborn insistence on addressing the reality of our situation, no matter how painful." #ccmindsets
https://bylinetimes.com/2022/11/25/stubborn-optimism-will-pave-the-way-to-climate-disaster/
Why is it so hard to get people to care about climate change? A Neuroscientist and a Psychologist shed light
"One reason we may not join the dots between extreme weather and climate change is #OptimismBias." #ccmindsets
Frank Gresslin
