{"id":8599,"date":"2024-03-12T11:56:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T01:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/?p=8599"},"modified":"2024-03-13T17:00:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T07:00:57","slug":"climate-optimism-is-unrealistic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/03\/12\/climate-optimism-is-unrealistic\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate optimism is unrealistic?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"466\" src=\"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-12GISTEMP_sliding12month.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-12GISTEMP_sliding12month.png 600w, http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-12GISTEMP_sliding12month-300x233.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"441\" src=\"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-12_GigatonnesCO2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8601\" srcset=\"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-12_GigatonnesCO2.png 600w, http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-12_GigatonnesCO2-300x221.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"438\" src=\"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-12_co2_data_mlo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8602\" srcset=\"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-12_co2_data_mlo.png 600w, http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-12_co2_data_mlo-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"469\" src=\"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-12SeaSurfaceTemps_UoM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8605\" srcset=\"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-12SeaSurfaceTemps_UoM.png 600w, http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-12SeaSurfaceTemps_UoM-300x235.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Non-denial(?) &#8220;dose of&nbsp;<em>good news<\/em> about climate change&#8221; from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/c-change\/climateoptimist\/\">Harvard<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hannah Ritchie from Oxford &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/national\/programmes\/afternoons\/audio\/2018923072\/data-scientist-hannah-ritchie-on-reasons-for-climate-optimism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Data scientist Hannah Ritchie on reasons for climate optimism<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/03\/07\/opinions\/climate-scientist-scare-doom-anxiety-mcguire\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">If you knew what I know, you\u2019d be terrified too<\/a>&#8221; University of London (via CNN article)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I wasn&#039;t worried about climate change. 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