“Thanks to astonishing declines in the price of renewables, a truly global political mobilization, a clearer picture of the energy future and serious policy focus from world leaders, we have cut expected warming almost in half in just five years.” Almost all of the climate related news you see is bad, and that includes about seven articles I browsed today. But the forecast is not all bad. We’re headed for a lot of pain. But things might not get cataclysmic. David Wallace-Wells in the NYT Mag (Gift Article): Beyond Catastrophe: A New Climate Reality Is Coming Into View.