Opinion: Climate change is no laughing matter but comedy can help

Diane O'Connor AS A CHILD, I was forever catastrophising, so in one way I am the perfect candidate to live through this Climate Emergency, or “unprecedented times’ as some euphemistically like to call it.

The downside of being an artist with an excellent imagination is you can imagine lots of terrible things. You can also though use your artwork to make sense of it all – or dare I say even a joke out of it. Laughing in the face of the Climate Emergency mightn’t be the obvious stance to take, but it’s the one I’ve chosen and I stand by it.Panic and fear send me into a spiral, unable to do anything productive unless I consider jumping from one terrible scenario to another helpful.

After one too many tumbleweeds posting yet another “save the planet” petition, I decided to put down the phone and act instead. The more time I spent ruminating and panicking the less time I spent doing. So as well as attending actual protests, I joined the Climate Ambassador Program, attended social Eco events and collaborated with Bright Club Ireland on a Climate themed comedy night.

As once said to me by one of my brilliant aunts when I was a child, “If you worry you die, if you don’t worry you die, so why worry!” I was waiting for a more hopeful punchline which revealed the secret to not dying but alas, that was the point.

Indeed. The 'Climate' issue does self parody even better than our 'politicians' and that's really saying something! ClimateScam DefundTheNGOs FtheWEF

It's definitely a joke.

Don't worry comedy will be illegal soon

Everyone wants to earn $$$$ on ecology - from single 'activists' up to big international corporations. And the average working Johny has to carry all this 'green' lazy burden on his tired back

Approved comedy.

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