Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist)
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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
Here's a Teaser for Episode 3 of the COPOut Podcast which goes live Monday! In it, I discuss the challenges and limitations of the climate regime with @laurengifford.bsky.social & @pammcelwee.bsky.social and how the disenfranchisement of developing countries and NGOs has gone up over time
November 16, 2025 at 1:06 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where @rodschoonover.bsky.social talks about how the economic and governance system baked into the climate regime is obsolete.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...
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Here’s a clip from Episode 2 of #COPOut where @lisaschipper.bsky.social talks through how to stay hopeful in the face of repeated climate failures. For the full episode: cece.american.edu/copout-episo...
November 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Episode 2 of the COPOut Podcast launches tomorrow! I speak with @lisaschipper.bsky.social & @rodschoonover.bsky.social about how the climate regime has changed over the years, and how climate shocks and (mal)adaptation are increasing vulnerabilities and inequalities across and within countries.
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Some valuable thoughts about the role the media plays in climate communication and the challenges of echo chambers by Ingmar Rentzhog from @wedonthavetime.bsky.social Tune in to #COPOut to watch the entire episode also with @magnoliae.bsky.social and Jamie Minden
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November 10, 2025 at 6:00 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...
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Here's a short teaser for Episode 1 about Platforming Activism where I give my 2 cents on #COP30. The conversation with @magnoliae.bsky.social Jamie Minden from This Is Zero Hour, and Ingmar Rentzhog from @wedonthavetime.bsky.social was 🔥🔥so check out the whole episode, when it goes Live SUNDAY!
November 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
📢Announcing the #COPOut Podcast (our first episode goes live on Sunday)!! Here's info about how to listen and why I'm doing this podcast instead of wasting all that carbon to travel to COP30:
danarfisher.com/2025/11/08/i...
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM