We need to learn how to talk about the Paris Agreement.

Technical, complicated, boring, or fatalistic, this is how many people perceive climate change and prefer to turn the page rather than take a moment to understand what is happening, how it affects us, and what we can do to help curb global warming.

Many do as ostriches do, sticking their heads down a hole to avoid seeing reality. And some of those who choose to see it begin to suffer from what Many do like ostriches, sticking their heads in a hole so as not to see reality. Some of those who choose to watch it begin to suffer from what the American Psychology Association (APA) describes as eco-anxiety, or "chronic fear of environmental cataclysm that comes from observing the seemingly irrevocable impact of climate change and the associated concern for the future of oneself and future generations."

Perhaps the problem is that we have not been able to adequately inform or educate about climate change. Countless studies show that communicating or educating about the negative DOES NOT WORK.? But most of what you find on this topic in the media are the catastrophes of climate change, with no alternative salvation.

And yes, we must indeed act now to avoid a climate catastrophe, but instead of being frightening, as if the end of the world had arrived, we should focus on the optimistic outlook that the Paris Agreement gives us, which invites us all to act to achieve the decarbonization of our planet. This great Agreement provides the political and technical framework to curb global warming, with alternatives ranging from energy conversion to the protection of the world's remaining carbon sinks.

Although I have to say that it is not easy to understand what the Agreement says, as it is the result of many scientific, political, and diplomatic negotiations, its essence is simple and can be explained in all areas of our society.

?I can assure you that climate change can be explained optimistically because my team and I do it every day. For example, today the Arhuaco indigenous people of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the farmers of southern Meta in Colombia, or the inhabitants of the mangroves in Mexico or Senegal, among many others, can talk about global warming, carbon projects, adaptation and mitigation to climate change, and even about sustainable productive projects.

It is not necessary to have a Ph.D. to understand that climate change is a reality, but we must know that it is a real phenomenon that affects us all and that it is in our hands to stop global warming with individual and collective actions.

That is why building capacities in individuals, organizations, and countries is so important because we need a profound cultural change, including a revolution in our values, our consumption habits, and mental, social, and economic structures..