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    Doomsday narratives about climate change don't work. But here's what does | Victoria Herrmann

    Feeling hopeless about a situation is cognitively associated with inaction. Instead of being defeatist, look to climate change heroes who are leading the way
    by Victoria Herrmann Jul 12, 2017 3 minutes
    ACEH, INDONESIA - JULY 10: Student Indonesia together with fishermen planted mangroves at Alue Naga Beach on July 10, 2017 in Aceh Indonesia. The mangrove planting aims to reduce coastal abrasion and instill environmental awareness. PHOTOGRAPH BY Oviyandi / Barcroft Images London-T:+44 207 033 1031 E:hello@barcroftmedia.com - New York-T:+1 212 796 2458 E:hello@barcroftusa.com - New Delhi-T:+91 11 4053 2429 E:hello@barcroftindia.com www.barcroftimages.com (Photo credit should read Oviyandi / Barcroft Images / Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

    The title of David Wallace-Wells’ recent essay in New York magazine is catchy, if not uncomfortable. “The Uninhabitable Earth: Famine, economic collapse, a sun that cooks us: What climate change could wreck – sooner than you think.”

    The article asks us to peer beyond scientific reticence into a doomsday future. The accounts of mass heat deaths in cities and praying for cornfields in the tundra is disturbing, but they’re familiar. It’s the same frame for how we talk about a much more immediate climate change disaster – US communities at risk to sea level rise today.

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