👇 THIS is how we are losing the climate battle 👇

😱 The Joe Rogan Show is the world’s most listened to podcast. On average, each episode reaches 10-20 million people.  🔬 While we are busy infighting within the climate bubble, arguing whether CCS or CDR is a scam or a much needed climate solution, the world outside is destroying the very foundation our work is built on: science.

🔨 Over the break, I spent hours listening to hugely popular podcasts way outside of my bubble. Over and over again, I encountered a diminishing if not ridiculing of climate change science. 

⛔ But this one hit particularly hard. Joe Rogan’s reach is orders of magnitude bigger than any traditional media outlet. In this episode - an interview with Bernie Sanders - he completely misrepresents a Science study arguing that we are in a clear cooling period.

🌡️ The study he refers to reconstructs Earth’s temperature over the past 485 million years. It shows that the planet has gone through many warm and cold phases, but it also reinforces the strong link between atmospheric CO₂ and global temperature, and makes clear that the current rate of warming is exceptional on human timescales.

🫧 I strongly recommend getting outside the bubble and seeing what is happening there. It is not just the current U.S. administration. We have leading voices with huge platforms - Tucker Carlson being another one I listened to - dismantling piece by piece the scientific consensus we took decades to build.

📣 All to say: this is your daily reminder that you should take your voice and energy to fight this battle, not the next pointless battle with fellow climate warriors…

🤔 Curious if you also see this dynamic, especially outside of U.S. platforms? And what can we realistically do about it?

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