“The conversation, were different”
Proceeds to dish out slop for the doom scrollers
The science shows the current predicament and the fact that any “good things” are based on the idea of massive reforms (or even revolutions) occurring. This makes it very easily to estimate how bad the situation is based on what’s not happening.
As the climate chaos gets worse, it’s reasonable to expect more bad news, not less.
I wish you were correct, but the popular press is usually loaded with optimism, especially techno-optimism.