25,000 climate conversations

“The most important thing you can do about climate change is talk about it.” That’s the advice climate scientist Dr. Katharine Hayhoe gave during a TED Talk that has now been viewed over 4 million times.

You might find that advice surprising, coming from a scientist. But talking about climate change really is the first critical step to stopping it. When we don’t talk about it, people around us assume it must not be that big of a problem and so they don’t talk about it either. Consequently, our lawmakers don’t hear much about it, and they don’t work on solutions as much as they could.

But it’s a big problem. We need Congress focused on fixing it. 2023 was the hottest year on record, and 2024 is likely to beat it. In addition to rising global temperatures, we’re seeing all sorts of other negative impacts, like more frequent and extreme droughts, floods and low snow packs. The summer smoke coming from western states warns us of the danger of future giant forest fires.