Hit the panic button – it’s the right thing to do

It seems odd to say, but in facing climate change stoking fear – in the right way – is the moral and practical thing to do. This is the thesis of Time to Panic, an opinion piece in the New York Times by David Wallace-Wells. It’s a terrific read, not least because it lays out a route to overcoming the political inertia that’s keeping humanity from doing what we know is necessary to stave off the worst of climate change. Wallace-Wells’ book The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming is slated for release this Tuesday, February 19.