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The work after “It's too late” (to prevent dangerous climate change)

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ID12929636
AuthorsSusanne C Moser (0000-0001-6375-895X, Antioch University New England, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume11
Issue1
Publication date2019-10-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1757-7780 • E-ISSN: 1757-7799
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/wcc.606
OpenAlexW2982214699
LanguageEN
Citations received23
References cited83

The fact that the question “Is it too late (to prevent dangerous climate change”)? is being debated in serious science circles constitutes a culturally significant moment. This article does not offer a simplistic answer to “is it too late – or not?”, but explores the uncomfortable space of denying neither endings nor possibilities. In so doing, it asks readers to witness and engage with what appears to be a serious psychological and cultural struggle within ourselves, now publicly visible, over what and how to confront endings, what kind of hope to sustain, and how to be and act in the face of these accumulating apocalyptic (i.e., revelatory) facts. The article sketches the variety of endings being faced at this time and the psychological responses to them. It then outlines the political, policy, and practical work, as well as the deeper, underlying socio‐cultural and psychological work, that the paradoxical tension between endings and possibilities demands. This article is categorized under: Perceptions, Behavior, and Communication of Climate Change > Communication

Aesthetics · Climate change · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Face (sociological concept · Perception · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Witness · Work (physics · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology · Ecology

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Citations per year3,83
Citation span2020 - 2026 (7)
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