Thomas Polzler (Graz): Climate Change Inaction and Moral Nihilism. Is there any point in trying to restrict fossil fuel supplies? The math on staying below 2°C of global warming looks increasingly brutal. David Roberts on the “uncertainty loop” haunting our climate models. Justin Fox on how we might be near peak environmental impact. Climate change is depressing and horrible — is there a way to make people read about it? Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow reviews After Nature: A Politics for the Anthropocene by Jedediah Purdy (and more and more). Is there still hope? Michael Mann reviews Atmosphere of Hope: Searching for Solutions to the Climate Crisis by Tim Flannery. Daniel Bodansky reviews Reason in a Dark Time: Why the Struggle Against Climate Change Failed — and What It means for Our Future by Dale Jamieson. “We’re fucked. The only question is how soon and how badly”: McKenzie Wark reviews Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections on the End of a Civilization by Roy Scranton.
Jonathan Chait on the case for optimism in Paris. Eric Holthaus on a jargon-busting guide to the Paris climate change talks. Calculated risk: Rebecca Solnit reports from the Paris climate summit. Why are so many fossil-fuel companies funding the Paris climate conference? Polluters need to pay, not make decisions about the future of the planet. In Paris, who is in a position to save the world? Preparing for failure in Paris: Outside the climate talks, activists offer their own vision for the future.
