Colbert and Kimmel kick off Climate Night

After all the serious takes on the IPCC report that warned 'code red for humanity' including SciShow says 'There’s Hope in the Latest Climate Report', Greta Thunberg reflects on three years of climate activism, and SciShow describes what a 2°C warmer world would look like, it's time to examine the issue through comedy. The late night talk show hosts thought so, too, and eight of them had climate-themed shows for Climate Night. This included "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," who listed all the shows in the opening of his monologue last night, Aging Politicians And Meat Eaters Stand In The Way Of America's Climate Progress.

Can eight late night shows combine forces to end the climate crisis in one night? Probably not. But it's worth a shot! Join Stephen Colbert as he takes a look at the big problems facing our planet, and some ways to fix them, in this special #ClimateNight monologue.

It felt good to laugh at the problem, mostly because it hurts too much to cry.

As he announced, Stephen returned with Is Systemic Climate Action Possible? Stephen Seek[s] Guidance From Mama Earth.

Is there any point in taking individual actions to combat climate change when big corporations account for 20% of global carbon emissions? Stephen checks in with Mother Earth in search of some comfort and advice.

Cartoon Mama Earth gave some good advice about sustainable actions to take, although she was both gloomy and sanguine, but not wrong, about humanity's fate.

The other monologue I'm sharing tonight is Jimmy Kimmel & Fellow Late Night Shows Team Up for a Climate Change Intervention.

We teamed up with all the other late night shows to address climate change and the apocalypse that will follow if we continue to do nothing about it. Jimmy talks about all the shortages that could happen as a result of climate change, it becoming a partisan issue, many prominent Republicans continuing to deny there is problem, the Biden Administration being on track to approve more oil and gas leases than any year of the Trump Administration, energy company ConocoPhillips' contract to drill oil on the tundra in Northern Alaska, misinformation about individual "carbon footprints," and we invited some real climate scientists back to the show with a new message and warning. Our greatest chance at doing even part of what needs to be done right now is to tell our reps to PASS the "Build Back Better" plan. Call this number: (202) 224-3121 #ClimateNight

I've mentioned how climate change will affect coffee at least twice, but this is the first funny look at that outcome. It won't be the last.

Jimmy K. featured one of my favorite climate scientists in Dr. Katharine Hayhoe Teaches Us How to Talk to People Who Don’t Believe in Climate Change.

Climate Scientist Dr. Hayhoe talks about living in Texas, how the issue of climate change became Republican vs Democrat, which groups of Americans we need to target to make change, fossil fuel companies paying to spread disinformation, how to communicate with someone who doesn’t believe in climate change, and her new book "Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing In A Divided World."

I'm a big fan of Dr. Hayhoe, so I'm glad Jimmy K. interviewed her. I hope people listen to her advice.

I'll have more Climate Night clips this week. Stay tuned.