Inevitable & Obvious

The Generosity of Spirit

I don't identify as an environmentalist because environmentalism is organized around opposition. I want to be for something.

Mar 10 • Paul Gambill

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February 2026

The Immune Response

What a book about weather charlatans taught me about why climate scientists won't discuss cooling

Feb 26 • Paul Gambill

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Why Countries Aren't Ready for Climate Interventions Yet

Both advocates and opponents of climate interventions made the same mistake from opposite directions.

Feb 12 • Paul Gambill

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I Grew Up in Hot Weather

A cracked pipe, Bill Gates getting tipping points backwards, and why "caring more" isn't the answer.

Feb 3 • Paul Gambill

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January 2026

How Do You Shift an Overton Window?

Marriage equality took 30 years. AI safety took 15. Climate interventions may have 10. Here's what we can learn.

Jan 29 • Paul Gambill

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The Stabilization Framework

We're not ready for the climate interventions that are coming. But we need to get ready. And that starts with being able to have the conversation.

Jan 20 • Paul Gambill

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You Can't Focus Group Your Way to Permission

Climate scientists and tech people speak different languages. The gap between them is where conspiracy theories thrive.

Jan 13 • Paul Gambill

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Nature Abhors a Narrative Vacuum

The climate intervention conspiracy theorists aren't coming. They're already running things. Who's going to fill the narrative vacuum?

Jan 5 • Paul Gambill

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December 2025

The Nori Archive

In 2018, you could fit a meaningful cross-section of the carbon removal industry into a single conference room. Here's what that looked like.

Dec 17, 2025 • Paul Gambill

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What It Takes to Make Cooling Interventions Thinkable

Before cooling becomes thinkable, two things have to click. The carbon removal community is already halfway there.

Dec 8, 2025 • Paul Gambill

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A Climate Goal for the Overshoot Era

We've organized climate policy around emissions for 30 years. But what we actually want is stability. That reframe changes everything.

Dec 2, 2025 • Paul Gambill

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November 2025

What’s the Difference Between Adaptation and Geoengineering?

Seawalls are acceptable. Stratospheric aerosols are taboo. But what about protecting ice sheets? I can't find a principled line.

Nov 25, 2025 • Paul Gambill

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