Climate Change, Interrupted: Representation And... [VERIFIED]

Elara grew up in a world of "Before" and "After." The textbooks at the University of California, Davis , where she studied environmental humanities, spoke of climate change as a straight line—a fuse lit in the Victorian era that was now reaching the powder keg. Everything was framed by deadlines: "Twelve years to act," "Net zero by 2050".

"We are told the world is ending," Elara said, "but people just keep living as if it isn't." Climate Change, Interrupted: Representation and...

One afternoon, Elara sat by the river with an elder from the local Coahuiltecan community . She complained about the "stalled debates" and the "denial" she saw in the news. Elara grew up in a world of "Before" and "After

But Elara lived in a coastal neighborhood where time didn't feel like a fuse. It felt like an interruption. She complained about the "stalled debates" and the