The future is unwritten: taking action is best cure for climate change angst | Rebecca Solnit

A revolution is what we need, and we can begin by imagining and demanding it and doing what we can to try to realize itIn response to Monday's release of the IPCC report on the climate crisis - which warned that "unprecedented" changes were needed if global warming increases 1.5C beyond the pre-industrial period - a standup comic I know posted this plaintive request on her Facebook: "Damn this latest report about climate change is just terrifying. People that know a lot about this stuff, is there anything to be potentially optimistic about? I think this week I feel even worse than Nov 2016 and I'm really trying to find some hope here." Related: Mary Robinson on climate change: 'Feeling "This is too big for me" is no use to anybody' Continue reading...