I’m a huge fangirl for these 13 climate warrior women.

ELIZABETH YEAMPIERRE, of Uprose, photo by INEZ AND VINOODH

In love with all of the women featured in this @Vogue spread who are fighting for action on climate change. We couldn’t say it better than the author of the piece, Cameron Russell, did on her Instagram:

“Why am I telling you all this? What can we do about any of it? You can join us in celebrating the women leading the world to a safer brighter sustainable future. Together we can make them famous. Before you laugh, think about this: the women who are fighting for our future are doing so in relative obscurity. Relative to say the lovely Kendall Jenner’s 65 million followers, @CFigueres, the head of the UNFCCC, the woman in charge of getting 196 nations to agree, has only 69 thousand. So if we follow, share, and fangirl these 13 kickass women fighting to save the world we can help make sure they get there. And trust us, you don’t want to miss out on their next move.”

HINDOU OUMAROU IBRAHIM, cochair of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change. Photo by INEZ AND VINOODH

The woman of the hour this week, the lady behind #COP21: CHRISTIANA FIGUERES, the United Nations’ top climate change official. Photograph by INEZ AND VINOODH

Read on and learn more about these rad women: http://www.vogue.com/projects/13373340/climate-change-summit-women-cop21-warriors-global-warming/?mbid=social_twitter

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Are you following the climate change conversations happening in Paris? I hope so. It’s a big deal. I feel responsible, and I hope you can share some of that responsibility with me, and these groundbreaking leaders.

This is a marvelous and unfathomable world we live in, with incredible diversity. The human race has so much potential for good. Let’s do more good.

#I don't know #I'm troubled by the knowledge that it won't be enough #is it cynicism to resist the urge to put hope into a process that seems certain to fail?#is it wrong to believe that the net result of what's happening in Paris #will in all likelihood be a worsening #rather than an improvement #that the misperception that progress is happening #will merely serve as a balm #to prevent and delay the recognition #that the commitments made #while being believably the best that could have been hoped for #will nevertheless be demonstrably far short of what's needed?#I'm troubled by the dark mountain perspective #which drily observes #that more could have been accomplished #by having all the world leaders stay home #thereby saving jet fuel #a: yeah #it's cynicism #hope is better #but there comes a point #at the council of elrond #when you have to face reality #the sensible course #the workable course #was to keep the ring in rivendell #fortify the borders #hold out for as long as possible #while hoping vaguely for a miracle #they didn't do that