Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist)
@fisherdanar.bsky.social
Director, Center for Environment Community, & Equity and Professor, AU | NonRes Sr Fellow, Brookings | IPCCWG3 AR6 | www.danarfisher.com | TED Talk on Saving Ourselves: go.ted.com/danarfisher
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I can’t believe the Thanksgiving food debates have already begun
a woman wearing sunglasses and a turkey head stands in a kitchen
ALT: a woman wearing sunglasses and a turkey head stands in a kitchen
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I can’t believe the Thanksgiving food debates have already begun
Large peaceful protests are a standard feature for the weekend between the two weeks of the climate negotiations. Today’s march in Brazil is most notable for its calling for a funeral for fossil fuels (though the fossil fuel swan song is very strong at COP30) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thousands hit streets of Belém to call for action during crucial Cop30 summit
Funeral for fossil fuels held as part of ‘Great People’s March’ calling on governments to step up climate efforts
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Large peaceful protests are a standard feature for the weekend between the two weeks of the climate negotiations. Today’s march in Brazil is most notable for its calling for a funeral for fossil fuels (though the fossil fuel swan song is very strong at COP30) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Yup 👇
There is absolutely nothing old or consolidated about *multiracial, pluralistic democracy* in America. It only started 60 years ago.
And the conflict over whether or not it should be allowed to endure and prosper has been the central fault line in U.S. politics ever since.
And the conflict over whether or not it should be allowed to endure and prosper has been the central fault line in U.S. politics ever since.
From 2022:
November 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Yup 👇
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This podcast was a super opportunity to reflect on where we are now in tackling the climate crisis.
In Episode 2, I spoke with @lisaschipper.bsky.social and @rodschoonover.bsky.social about how climate shocks and (mal)adaptation are increasing vulnerabilities and inequalities across and within countries and what can be done about it. cece.american.edu/copout-episo...
November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This podcast was a super opportunity to reflect on where we are now in tackling the climate crisis.
Since I've got a lot of new followers debating the incremental and failed policies of the climate regime and the COP process, here's a reminder to check out the #COPOut Podcast, which focuses on apocalyptically optimistic climate conversations cece.american.edu/cece-launche...
November 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Since I've got a lot of new followers debating the incremental and failed policies of the climate regime and the COP process, here's a reminder to check out the #COPOut Podcast, which focuses on apocalyptically optimistic climate conversations cece.american.edu/cece-launche...
This new article does a great job of laying out the consequences of the Trump Administration's climate policies. REMEMBER: All of those models being discussed at the COP30 negotiations do not include this accelerated trajectory.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
www.theatlantic.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This new article does a great job of laying out the consequences of the Trump Administration's climate policies. REMEMBER: All of those models being discussed at the COP30 negotiations do not include this accelerated trajectory.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The problem with the climate regime in one article: With fewer people attending COP30 "one in every 25 participants at this year’s UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist." It is "the largest concentration of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP" and up 12% from COP29 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The problem with the climate regime in one article: With fewer people attending COP30 "one in every 25 participants at this year’s UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist." It is "the largest concentration of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP" and up 12% from COP29 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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“Investing in adaptation isn’t a luxury or an act of resignation. It’s a sober act of realism & responsibility”. Powerful article from @rupertread.bsky.social on the urgency & transformative potential of #climate adaptation👇
Adaptation Isn’t Backing Down – It’s Stepping Up
COP30 is underway. It’s being called the ‘Adaptation COP’—the moment when the world finally faces the need to live within a changed climate. But let’s be honest: humanity isn’t preparing for crisis an...
www.resilience.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
“Investing in adaptation isn’t a luxury or an act of resignation. It’s a sober act of realism & responsibility”. Powerful article from @rupertread.bsky.social on the urgency & transformative potential of #climate adaptation👇
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This is what my faith looks like.
Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protest outside Chicago-area ICE facility reut.rs/49lQnWS
Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protest outside Chicago-area ICE facility
Nearly two dozen people were arrested as faith leaders protested on Friday outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago, authorities said, the latest sign of tensions over the Trump administration's aggressive enforcement push.
reut.rs
November 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is what my faith looks like.
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Anyone wondering why so many of us believe that the climate regime is fatally flawed, here’s the evidence:
30 years in (and in the middle of the COP30 meetings), and we are still nowhere near where we need to go! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#COPOut
30 years in (and in the middle of the COP30 meetings), and we are still nowhere near where we need to go! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#COPOut
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Anyone wondering why so many of us believe that the climate regime is fatally flawed, here’s the evidence:
30 years in (and in the middle of the COP30 meetings), and we are still nowhere near where we need to go! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#COPOut
30 years in (and in the middle of the COP30 meetings), and we are still nowhere near where we need to go! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#COPOut
Why doesn’t anyone want to email anymore?
a woman with her mouth open is asking the question why
ALT: a woman with her mouth open is asking the question why
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Why doesn’t anyone want to email anymore?
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Check out how the UNFCCC is policing the language of civil society at #COP30 along with limiting their access from Zero Hour ED. Tune in to #COPOut to watch the entire episode also with Ingmar Rentzhog from @wedonthavetime.bsky.social & @magnoliae.bsky.social cece.american.edu/cop-out-epis...
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Check out how the UNFCCC is policing the language of civil society at #COP30 along with limiting their access from Zero Hour ED. Tune in to #COPOut to watch the entire episode also with Ingmar Rentzhog from @wedonthavetime.bsky.social & @magnoliae.bsky.social cece.american.edu/cop-out-epis...
I should have tagged the author here—sorry @ninalakhani.bsky.social (and keep up the amazing work)!!
The problem with the climate regime in one article: With fewer people attending COP30 "one in every 25 participants at this year’s UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist." It is "the largest concentration of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP" and up 12% from COP29 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I should have tagged the author here—sorry @ninalakhani.bsky.social (and keep up the amazing work)!!
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This is going to be a big old thread where I dump thoughts, reactions, charts etc from the @iea.org World Energy Outlook 2025 :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkP...
www.iea.org/commentaries...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkP...
www.iea.org/commentaries...
World Energy Outlook 2025
YouTube video by International Energy Agency
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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YOUR DAILY REMINDER: it is extreme weather, intensified by fossil fuels, that pose the greatest threat to grid security and causes the most blackouts.
The blatantly false idea that renewables cause blackouts is *itself* likely to cause more blackouts, by encouraging more fossil fuel use
The blatantly false idea that renewables cause blackouts is *itself* likely to cause more blackouts, by encouraging more fossil fuel use
November 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
YOUR DAILY REMINDER: it is extreme weather, intensified by fossil fuels, that pose the greatest threat to grid security and causes the most blackouts.
The blatantly false idea that renewables cause blackouts is *itself* likely to cause more blackouts, by encouraging more fossil fuel use
The blatantly false idea that renewables cause blackouts is *itself* likely to cause more blackouts, by encouraging more fossil fuel use
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Resource extraction ratios. Disgraceful. #COP30
The problem with the climate regime in one article: With fewer people attending COP30 "one in every 25 participants at this year’s UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist." It is "the largest concentration of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP" and up 12% from COP29 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Resource extraction ratios. Disgraceful. #COP30
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For the full list of episodes and guests (with links to those that have aired), see: cece.american.edu/cece-launche...
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
For the full list of episodes and guests (with links to those that have aired), see: cece.american.edu/cece-launche...
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Here’s a clip from Episode 2 of #COPOut where @rodschoonover.bsky.social talks about how the economic and governance system baked into the climate regime is obsolete. For the full episode: cece.american.edu/copout-episo...
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Here’s a clip from Episode 2 of #COPOut where @rodschoonover.bsky.social talks about how the economic and governance system baked into the climate regime is obsolete. For the full episode: cece.american.edu/copout-episo...
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Things are getting spicy down at COP30 (and it's only the first week) 👇
This was behind the scenes at the COP30- dozens of indigenous protestors burst into the summit in Brazil, venting their frustration and anxiety over their lands
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
Video: Indigenous Protesters Clash With Guards at U.N. Climate Summit
Dozens of Indigenous protesters burst into the COP30 summit in Brazil on Tuesday, demanding preservation of their lands.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Things are getting spicy down at COP30 (and it's only the first week) 👇
We've been there before. The question is how to bolster our democracy so it represents the people (vs the oligarchs) better??
November 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
We've been there before. The question is how to bolster our democracy so it represents the people (vs the oligarchs) better??
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Fossil fuel industry appear to love COP more than climate activists. Insidious people hijacking our planet.
The problem with the climate regime in one article: With fewer people attending COP30 "one in every 25 participants at this year’s UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist." It is "the largest concentration of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP" and up 12% from COP29 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Fossil fuel industry appear to love COP more than climate activists. Insidious people hijacking our planet.
The problem with the climate regime in one article: With fewer people attending COP30 "one in every 25 participants at this year’s UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist." It is "the largest concentration of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP" and up 12% from COP29 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The problem with the climate regime in one article: With fewer people attending COP30 "one in every 25 participants at this year’s UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist." It is "the largest concentration of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP" and up 12% from COP29 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Here's @joanwalsh.bsky.social bringing together everything important about the Epstein scandal, Congress, and Trump right now. An excellent synthesis. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Epstein Scandal Is Snowballing
And Republicans are running scared.
www.thenation.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Here's @joanwalsh.bsky.social bringing together everything important about the Epstein scandal, Congress, and Trump right now. An excellent synthesis. www.thenation.com/article/poli...