Climate doom and gloom? Try laughing instead. Activists embrace joy in the fight to save Earth
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Katharine Wilkinson gives a talk about living with climate uncertainty at American University in Washington on April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Phillis)Itai Citrin shakes the hand of another attendee at a talk on climate uncertainty at American University in Washington on April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Phillis)Katharine Wilkinson gives a talk about living with climate uncertainty at American University in Washington on April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Phillis)Katharine Wilkinson's book "Climate Wayfinding: Healing Ourselves and the Planet We Call Home" is displayed at her talk on April 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Michael Phillis)FILE - Christiana Figueres, former U.N. climate chief who led the 2015 Paris Agreement, speaks to The Associated Press in Glasgow, Scotland, Oct. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)FILE - A woman rides a bicycle on a path, as the San Francisco skyline is seen in the background, Aug. 19, 2025, in Alameda, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vsquez, File)Katharine Wilkinson gives a talk about living with climate uncertainty at American University in Washington on April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Phillis)FILE - Climate activists hold a rally to protest the use of fossil fuels on Earth Day in the rain front of the White House on April 22, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Katharine Wilkinson gives a talk about living with climate uncertainty at American University in Washington on April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Phillis)