Radically Reframing Climate Change

A Guide to Saving Ourselves

De: Will Hackman

An inspirational guide to discussing and fighting climate change for millennial and GenZ voters that cuts through the usual myths and scare tactics to provide practical advice.

Will Hackman is a Millennial, and he is pissed. Two wars, two global economic catastrophes, and a pandemic combined with a ballooning cost-of-living crisis and crushing student loan debt can do that to a person. But there’s one thing that compounds these challenges that is unequaled in human history: the ticking time bomb of fossil fuel emissions. Millennials and Gen-Zers will be left to deal with the worst of the climate change fallout well after those responsible have passed away. And we have never been more divided.

In Radically Reframing Climate Change: A Guide to Saving Ourselves, Will Hackman identifies three main obstacles to solving climate change: polarization, paralysis, and stale, ineffective messaging. He empowers readers to turn their anxiety or apathy into passion, and anger into action at the personal, community, and government levels. The climate rallying cries to “Save the Planet” no longer work in our hyper-partisan world, nor do images of polar bears on melting glaciers. The problem isn’t scientific, fact-based, or even technological. It’s political, emotional, and ideological. Hackman provides a path forward for engagement and voter mobilization that combats apathy, dread, and resentment, and builds greater issue identification.

Hackman reframes the climate crisis as a humanity crisis, arguing that we must change how we think and talk about climate change, both in our conversations with non-believers and among those who care. Assuring humanity’s place on a changing planet will require a near universal level of public support we will never reach if we keep making the same mistakes. We know how to do this. But the stakes have never been higher and time is running out.

©2026 Will Hackman (P)2026 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Reseñas de la Crítica

Mobilizing the huge bloc of younger voters in the service of the common good—and of their own—may be key to surviving the decades ahead. This book comes through with some interesting notions about how that might be done! (Bill McKibben, author, “Here Comes the Sun”)

Will Hackman has given us a vital manual for our time: urgent without despair, practical without naiveté, and deeply human throughout. By reframing climate change not as an abstract planetary crisis but as a profoundly personal and political challenge, he opens the door to agency, solidarity, and lasting change. This book is a rallying call for Millennials, Gen Z, and indeed all of us who refuse to give up on a livable, thriving future. (Christiana Figueres, founding partner, Global Optimism and former executive secretary, UN Convention on Climate Change)

Hackman offers practical, effective strategies for fighting climate change even in times of intense polarization and partisanship. For anyone wondering how to actually make a difference on climate issues, this book is for you. (Kelly Ward Burton, former executive director, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and former president, National Democratic Redistricting Committee)

Talking about climate change is hard, but this book makes it easier and more effective. With sharp insights and strategies grounded in real campaign experience, Will Hackman equips readers to cut through myths, engage skeptics, and reenergize believers. From kitchen-table conversations to national movements, Hackman shows how anyone can reframe climate change as a human story and build momentum for bold solutions. (Ben Nuckels, Democratic strategist)

Will Hackman hits the nail on the head with his book on empowering the climate voter. He shows, through his real-world experiences, that everyone has a role to play in helping combat one of the most pernicious threats to humanity. The book is timely and insightful— highly recommended! (Ken Rait, former public lands campaign director)