January 2022
In this issue, we look at the big ideas and innovations that will drive the conversation around climate in 2022, from advances in agronomy to the powerful reason activists won’t give up on a better future.
There are so many reasons to despair, to think all is lost. But climate activists young and old remain optimistic as they find that action spurs hope, leading to more action in a virtuous cycle.
Community solar arrays, battery energy storage, and wider use of “smart” technologies to manage the nation’s electrical system could promote renewables and foster energy equity.
A psychologist’s view on how her field is adapting to help us navigate what’s to come — and transform our collective climate response.
We asked 22 climate visionaries to forecast what’s ahead in 2022, from smarter recycling to a push for more electric-powered cities.
“That transition into actually being stewards of our own landscapes again is pretty tremendous.”
Advanced technology could make agriculture more efficient and more resilient to the ravages of a warming world.
A Houston activist explains why “act locally” helps us avoid climate nihilism.
Stories set in the present or near future will have to include the realities of a warming world if they are to be at all believable.
Innovative leaders in the beer industry are serving up true sustainability along with your brew.
Nonprofits, tech companies, and academic labs are collaborating on a one-stop-shop for real-time emissions data.
Migrants’ rights advocates say the U.S. and other nations are building a “global climate wall” to keep out people fleeing increasingly inhospitable environments.
After 2020, the predominantly white environmental movement promised to diversify. A report by the watchdog group Green 2.0 found not much has changed.
Climate and justice work is not a solo mission. In this issue, Fix explores the relationships that make these critical efforts possible, and the ways new approaches to mentorship are upending old power structures.
Fiction is how we imagine a different future, even in times when that future feels unreachable. In this issue, explore the power of climate fiction to help far-off visions become realities, and experience what happens when you live in someone else’s imagined future.
The latest edition of the Grist 50 includes emerging leaders in climate, sustainability, and equity who are creating change across the nation — not just in Brooklyn and Oakland, but Cleveland and Kansas City, too. These Fixers know a better future is possible. They’re making it happen today.
