In short, we aren’t on track to an apocalyptic extinction, and the new head is concerned that rhetoric that we are is making people apathetic and paralyzes them from making beneficial actions.

He makes it clear too that this doesn’t mean things are perfectly fine. The world is becoming and will be more dangerous with respect to climate. We’re going to still have serious problems to deal with. The problems just aren’t insurmountable and extinction level.

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    Millions will move or die

    So not an existential threat to humanity, then.

    This person was picked for the job because their job is to encourage effective means of fighting climate change, and encouraging hopelessness is not effective.

    We are likely to see 1.5C. The world will go on, because it has to. Being prepared to deal with 1.5C means not assuming 1.5C is the end of the world.

    Stop me if I’m being too hyperbolic

    Stop.