A couple of weeks ago I sent you "How to talk about climate in 2026", a good tool for having conversations with other people.

I also use this tool to improve my own thinking about the climate. It's a framework to look at how your logic, how your scientific data points, how it all adds up to how you think about the climate. (Video on LinkedIn and YouTube)

For example, how sure are you that the climate is changing? What evidence do you have for that? And how about that it's caused by humans, really?

Here's an example of how to check your thinking, on the map point number 4 is "Can we do anything about it". Imagine you just found out that we were going to hit crazy tipping points such that the climate just completely spirals out of control if we don't cut emissions by half in the next six months. Now right at that moment, what would you be thinking?

If you're answer is "we're totally screwed and I give up", consider there's a different approach you could take, and perhaps there's some way you can strengthen your thinking on "Can we do anything about it". (i.e. "Well I would call my friend who works at CNN and figure out how to get on the air" or "I would book at ticket to Washington DC and schedule meetings with everyone in Congress".

When you break down each of these questions, you can discover new tools and approaches, and make your actions even more effective. Start with question #1 and list the datapoints and evidence you use, come up with questions to probe your own thinking, "what if X unexpectedly happened?" or "what if it turned out this was Y instead of Z?".

I'd love to hear when you do have that conversation with yourself or with a friend, how it goes, what you discover, what you learn. Hit reply!

Tito