‘People were frozen, I knew that. It wasn’t the stunned shock of 2016; this time around, it was exhaustion. But it also felt like people were thinking. What we’d done before hadn’t worked. What would? No one knew. Yet.’
‘Why is CenterPoint Energy making billions while people die? Why is Encor and other electric utilities making massive profits, when none of that comes back to us?’ — Dave Cortez, Texas Sierra Club
History is full of lessons from those who’ve faced — and defeated — authoritarian regimes. Their victories remind us that in crisis there is also opportunity.
Former chief climate diplomat for the Philippines Yeb Saño discusses his work with Greenpeace Southeast Asia and the challenges climate activists face under repressive governments.
Choose Democracy recently launched a set of online tools and strategy games to help us prepare emotionally and strategically for whatever might happen this November and after. The tools invite participants to explore their reactions and options, to plot their own route through uncharted territory.
A Carbon Brief analysis suggests a victory for Donald Trump in November’s presidential election could lead to an additional 4B tons of US emissions by 2030—enough to tank global climate efforts and erase last five years of gains from renewables.
