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UnDisciplined: Here's why you should be optimistic about the future of climate change

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For decades, scientists and journalists have been trying to shock people with the overwhelming weight of evidence that our planet is warming. That hasn't changed the trajectory toward even greater climate change. So now perhaps a new tactic is in order – optimism for the future.

Chris Turner is a journalist focused on climate solutions, and the author of How to Be a Climate Optimist: Blueprints for a Better World.

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Matthew LaPlante has reported on ritual infanticide in Northern Africa, insurgent warfare in the Middle East, the legacy of genocide in Southeast Asia, and gang violence in Central America. But a few years back, something occurred to him: Maybe the news doesn't have to be so brutally depressing all the time. These days, he balances his continuing work on more heartbreaking subjects with his work on UnDisciplined — Utah Public Radio's weekly program on science and discovery.