Thread by @Revkin

@ASKusmer @ddimick @onthemedia @InsideNatGeo @DrTempleGrandin @nytimes e.g., the core narrative that CO2-driven warming is a "problem to solve." Given known knowns on social, CO2 fronts, seems far more an emergent risk to work on in a sustained way. The attached slide puts this in the context of other "War On.." issues. 1/

@ASKusmer @ddimick @onthemedia @InsideNatGeo @DrTempleGrandin @nytimes Others are increasingly making this point, including @wenstephenson

https://twitter.com/Revkin/status/1015357644012490752

and even former @@UNFCCC leader @CFigueres... 2/

@ASKusmer @ddimick @onthemedia @InsideNatGeo @DrTempleGrandin @nytimes @wenstephenson @UNFCCC @CFigueres “We’re not going to solve climate change,” said @cfigueres in opening #AspenIdeas chat with @DLeonhardt & former Obama lead negotiator Todd Stern. She stressed #parisagreement set us on a very long journey toward a climate-resilient, post-carbon world.

https://twitter.com/Revkin/status/1011002677180841984

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@ASKusmer @ddimick @onthemedia @InsideNatGeo @DrTempleGrandin @nytimes @wenstephenson @UNFCCC @CFigueres @DLeonhardt A big one lately has been conflating rising climate vulnerability with climate *change* vulnerability, without asking what's known about drivers of losses in climate-related disasters. A great counterexample was @borenbears' Haiyan typhoon reporting: dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/12/the…

@ASKusmer @ddimick @onthemedia @InsideNatGeo @DrTempleGrandin @nytimes @wenstephenson @UNFCCC @CFigueres @DLeonhardt @borenbears @AP But of course the pattern is hardly restricted to climate reporting. Flight 800, chemical weapons in Iraq,.. Some context:

https://twitter.com/Revkin/status/1020656155125829632