Dr. Lucky Tran Jul 26, 2023

Doom is a privilege we can’t afford.

“Some days I think that if we lose the #climate battle, it’ll be due in no small part to this defeatism among the comfortable in the global north, while people in frontline communities continue to fight like hell for survival. Which is why fighting defeatism is also climate work.” - Rebecca Solnit

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/26/we-cant-afford-to-be-climate-doomers?CMP=share_btn_tw

We can’t afford to be climate doomers

It often seems that people are searching harder for evidence we’re defeated than that we can win

The Guardian
Show threadशिवदम् ⓋJul 26, 2023
@luckytran I don't think it wise to think of #ClimateChange as something we either can, or cannot "fix." What we need to do, immediately, is become more and better prepared - as best we can - with the likely effects, especially with regard to assisting those people and areas that will be most effected, including wildlife and flora.
Show threadMalte
@Shivadam @luckytran You're right in parts of climate change already being irreversible. And that any strategy that does not factor some kind of adaption into it, ignores that. Have you considered that adaptation and fighting against the worsening of climate change could go hand in hand? Some of the best sequestration methods are also simultaneously very adaptive, e.g. by putting more resilient perennial food production in the hands of people.
Jul 27, 2023 at 6:34amWeb
Show threadशिवदम् ⓋJul 27, 2023
@malte Yes! And reducing to nearly zero Animal Agriculture, a huge contributor to #ClimateChange. Going #Vegan can be a great help and is something nearly everyone can do.