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KPFA - Against the Grain · July 29 · 59 min

Against Climate Doomism

As mega-fires rage around the world, why have so many people given up on the climate fight? Environmental sociologist Diana Stuart examines how fatalism about the climate emergency has been shaped by the erroneous assumption that, if we exceed 1.5C of global heating, we’ve passed the point of no return. Diana Stuart, Rejecting Climate Doomism University of Michigan Press, 2026 Photo credit: Matt Palmer The post Against Climate Doomism appeared first on KPFA.

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As mega-fires rage around the world, why have so many people given up on the climate fight? Environmental sociologist Diana Stuart examines how fatalism about the climate emergency has been shaped by the erroneous assumption that, if we exceed 1.5C of global heating, we’ve passed the point of no return.

Diana Stuart, Rejecting Climate Doomism University of Michigan Press, 2026

Photo credit: Matt Palmer

The post Against Climate Doomism appeared first on KPFA.

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