What does it mean to accept climate change?

CO2 is a thing if you haven’t heard. It’s something that rises daily and if scientists and Wikipedia are right, it will lead to massive changes in our climate. 

Acceptance is often confused with the idea of non-doing. People are scared that when they accept a situation, it will lead to inaction and a loss of control. The opposite is true though. Acceptance means, we see the situation for what it is. With all its scary shit involved. We take it all in. We don’t deny it, we don’t make it look less bad. We accept that it is there. Period. 

Once acceptance is present, we respond. If it sucks, we do something about it. With the possibilities we have. We accept that maybe our possibilities are very limited. Nonetheless, we have some, so we use them. Acceptance takes out your emotional response and let’s us think more clearly. 

Accept - Respond. 

Accept - Respond. 

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Accepting climate change does not mean, we ignore it or don’t do anything about it. It’s the opposite. Accepting climate change means that we acknowledge it is happening and it is our job is to respond.