On my way through the San Antonio airport the other day I noticed these advertising placards. They seem to be sending two very different messages. The text of the Nature Conservancy ad talks about how climate change will irrevocably alter the planet. I was mostly amused by the juxtaposition, but I think these two ads illustrate the very real and profound challenges we face when developing policy approaches to mitigate and adapt to the consequences of climate change. These policy decisions need to balance a whole range of sometimes conflicting interests. Our policy actions also represent a collective vision for what type of world we want to live in. Reaching this collective vision is difficult, and it can be way too easy to fall into a depressingly polarized conceptual cul-de-sac. Check out John Robinson's more uplifting approach forward:
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