Perspectives

Perspectives is where we share reflections, resources, and stories about our changing climate

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Explainers
Photo of the Amazon rainforest with trees fallen over
What is the Hothouse Earth trajectory, and can we avoid it?

What we do and don’t know about this possible warming trajectory

by Charlotte Venner

Heat Tipping points
Explainers Ideas Profiles Seasonal essays

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Adaptation Extremes Heat Insurance Maps Markets Risk Tipping points

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Mirey Atallah Sierra Chapin-Keller Nabig Chaudhry Phil Duffy Spencer Glendon Abid Hussainy Carolyn Kousky Barney Schauble Alison Smart Probable Futures team Charlotte Venner
Latest
Explainers
Photo of the Amazon rainforest with trees fallen over
What is the Hothouse Earth trajectory, and can we avoid it?

What we do and don’t know about this possible warming trajectory

by Charlotte Venner

Heat Tipping points
Ideas
Director’s letter 2022: our third trip around the sun

A letter to our community on the second anniversary of Probable Futures

by Alison Smart

Risk
Ideas
Director’s letter 2021: envisioning the futures that are worth hoping for

A letter to our community on the launch of Probable Futures

by Alison Smart

Risk
Seasonal essays

March 19, 2020, 11:49 pm ET

Equinox greetings: making a better future more probable

by Spencer Glendon

Adaptation Risk
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Perspectives authors include the Probable Futures team and guest contributors who are experts in their fields.
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Nabig Chaudhry Nabig Chaudhry
Spencer Glendon Spencer Glendon
Alison Smart Alison Smart
Charlotte Venner Charlotte Venner
Sierra Chapin-Keller Sierra Chapin-Keller

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