Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on the Future That’s Still Possible

“If I waited to feel hopeful I'd be waiting a very long time without acting. So I decouple hope from action, hope from strategy. The word that I embrace, or the concept that I return to instead, is possibility.”

Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, policy expert, writer, and teacher working to help create the best possible climate future. She is co-founder of Urban Ocean Lab, a think tank for the future of coastal cities, and is the Roux Distinguished Scholar at Bowdoin College. She authored The New York Times bestseller What If We Get it Right?: Visions of Climate Futures.