The Croatian Climate Change Panel officially met for the third time today. Counting our initial meeting, at which the formation of the panel was proposed and enthusiastically accepted, this is actually our fourth meeting (“For Good Measure,” December 16, 2014). So far, everything is going pretty well, and my enthusiasm about the venture remains untouched. Most important, Vjeran Piršić is leading it with aplomb. Still, I cannot but notice a growing rift with my CCCP colleagues. While I am concerned with disaster management, which appears to me to be the only topic worth discussing at this juncture, they are concerned with food, water, energy, and the like. They are brimming with ideas about making the world a better place. Given all the givens, most of them strike me as way too optimistic about the future. That is, way too foolish about the ravages of climate change for comfort. Thus I am starting to wonder about all the upcoming meetings leading up to Paris climate talks at the end of this year. How many more will I be able to tolerate? Were it not for disaster management, which is ever closer to my heart, chances are that I would have stepped out of the panel already.