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A Climate Olive Branch

Explore the prospects of peace talks in the ongoing climate war and whether common ground can be reached between opposing views.

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Leo Hickman in the Guardian takes stock of some recent encouraging developments and muses:

Could peace talks ever end the 'climate war'?

In his article, he wonders,

are there any shared goals between the two warring parties in the climate debate worth finding "peace" for?

Towards the end, he sums up:

When so much of this war is fought in anonymous online forums (see below for details!), would it be constructive to bring these two groups together in a room to begin tentative "peace talks" based on first trying to identify any common ground? Or is it hopelessly naïve of me to even suggest that this could ever bring positive results?

My immediate reaction to Hickman's olive branch (before reading any response to it) was captured by the "BBD" commenter at Bishop Hill's blog:

My own small experience - some of it in comments here - is that closed minds ...

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