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
Who’s bringing the cheese??
November 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Who’s bringing the cheese??
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November 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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YUP--remember that we are fast approaching mid-century...
November 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
YUP--remember that we are fast approaching mid-century...
That's my vibe (and the vibe of COPOut)! Give us a listen!
November 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
That's my vibe (and the vibe of COPOut)! Give us a listen!
whoops--here's the link to this episode (one day, I'll be able to edit my posts)! cece.american.edu/cop-out-epis...
COPOut Episode 1: Platforming Activism - Center for Environment, Community, & Equity (CECE)
In the inaugural episode of the COPOut Podcast, Dr. Dana R. Fisher talks with climate leaders about how to platform activism and empower civil society in the struggle to address the climate crisis. ...
cece.american.edu
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
whoops--here's the link to this episode (one day, I'll be able to edit my posts)! cece.american.edu/cop-out-epis...
Episode 3 airs on MONDAY! In it, I talk with @pammcelwee.bsky.social and @laurengifford.bsky.social about the future of carbon governance given the disenfranchisement that developing countries and NGOs are experiencing in the COP process. Stay tuned for clips this weekend!
November 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Episode 3 airs on MONDAY! In it, I talk with @pammcelwee.bsky.social and @laurengifford.bsky.social about the future of carbon governance given the disenfranchisement that developing countries and NGOs are experiencing in the COP process. Stay tuned for clips this weekend!
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 2:59 PM
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...
In episode 1, I spoke with Ingmar Rentzhog from @wedonthavetime.bsky.social Jamie Minden from Zero Hour and @magnoliae.bsky.social about Platforming Activism and civil society within the climate regime
November 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
In episode 1, I spoke with Ingmar Rentzhog from @wedonthavetime.bsky.social Jamie Minden from Zero Hour and @magnoliae.bsky.social about Platforming Activism and civil society within the climate regime
If you read my work, or watch my TED Talk, you'll see I agree. www.ted.com/danarfisher
www.ted.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
If you read my work, or watch my TED Talk, you'll see I agree. www.ted.com/danarfisher
Not exactly: as I write in Saving Ourselves, the incrementalism of the Democratic Party and their all-of-the above energy policy is highly problematic. But that is categorically different from climate denial in action in the US under Trump. cup.columbia.edu/book/saving-...
Saving Ourselves | Columbia University Press
We've known for decades that climate change is an existential crisis. For just as long, we've seen the complete failure of our institutions to rise to the ch... | CUP
cup.columbia.edu
November 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Not exactly: as I write in Saving Ourselves, the incrementalism of the Democratic Party and their all-of-the above energy policy is highly problematic. But that is categorically different from climate denial in action in the US under Trump. cup.columbia.edu/book/saving-...