Calls for enhanced ambition on climate change, in the context of nation‐centric governance, can be useful if they encourage action and learning by doing, but less so if they shift attention to future intent rather than current action.

Biomass resources and biotechnology contribute to a LEDS.

Treaties and kinship bonds in the Great Lakes region in North America ‐ historically and today ‐ are ways in which indigenous peoples seek to engender relational qualities of reciprocity, trust, consent, and accountability connecting humans and nonhumans. U.S. and Canadian violations of these qualities lessen environmental resilience and increase risks to indigenous peoples from climate change impacts and mitigation projects.

Rock Creek, Kettle River, British Columbia. Image copyright Andreas Rutkauskas 2019. Used with kind permission of the artist.

Hope stems not from a denial of “it's too late” but from holding still in the uncomfortable space between climate‐induced endings and possibilities and engaging in the profound inner and outer work that must be done once the lateness of our current predicament is recognized.

Core elements of recommended climate‐related financial disclosures.