Abstract
The fact that the question “Is it too late (to prevent dangerous climate change”)? is being debated in serious science circles constitutes a culturally significant moment.
This article does not offer a simplistic answer to “is it too late – or not?”, but explores the uncomfortable space of denying neither endings nor possibilities. In so doing, it asks readers to witness and engage with what appears to be a serious psychological and cultural struggle within ourselves, now publicly visible, over what and how to confront endings, what kind of hope to sustain, and how to be and act in the face of these accumulating apocalyptic (i.e., revelatory) facts.
The article sketches the variety of endings being faced at this time and the psychological responses to them. It then outlines the political, policy, and practical work, as well as the deeper, underlying socio‐cultural and psychological work, that the paradoxical tension between endings and possibilities demands.
Visual abstract
Hope stems not from a denial of “it's too late” but from holding still in the uncomfortable space between climate‐induced endings and possibilities and engaging in the profound inner and outer work that must be done once the lateness of our current predicament is recognised.
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climate_change, endings, limits, possibilities, psychological_responses, transformation,
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