Addressing two related problems together — in this essay, rising autocracy and worsening climate disasters -- can prompt multisolving in which a single action helps resolve multiple issues. For example, protecting our climate solves many problems because it will lessen the harms of weather-related disasters, pandemics, food and water shortages, wars, and many more issues. Protecting and strengthening democracy is a multisolution because it is more likely than other forms of government to help our climate, reduce poverty, safeguard the rule of law, enhance disaster response, and revitalize research, universities, and our public health infrastructure.

Regaining control over our political and climate crises is not a pipe dream. We know climate science and solutions, and we understand h

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