As I browse through the leading newspapers in the English language, I notice an increasing number of articles about the beneficial effect of climate change on some animal and plant species. This is supposed to be surprising. “Gosh,” you can almost hear a concerned reader, “climate change ain’t all bad!” Perhaps the only surprise is that this sort of article is gaining momentum only now that tackling climate change is turning out to be beyond our ken. The fake silver lining is otherwise perfectly clear from the beginning: the species that enjoy higher temperatures will also enjoy climate change. Period. Some will enjoy floods, droughts, forest fires, and even rising oceans. And a few will undoubtedly enjoy storms no matter how horrendous. Regardless of what happens to the extant species, life on earth is not in question. Whatever happens with the climate, including the glaciation that will come in the wake of global warming, life will continue unabated until the sun burns out. The only question is what will happen with the human species and all the species it depends upon for survival. Some of the latter may perish, but the former will almost certainly survive, albeit in radically reduced numbers. Say, a twentieth of the present numbers. As this will eventually strengthen the genetic pool of the human species, the plunge in population until the next interglacial period about a hundred-thousand years from now is yet another good thing to rejoice about. Returning to the leading newspapers, this is the silver lining actually worth pointing out. Imagine the concerned reader, though.