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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Ayana Elizabeth Johnson _Johnson is author of the New York Times bestseller_ [_What If We Get it Right?_](https://www.getitright.earth/), _co-founder of_ [_Urban Ocean Lab_](http://bit.ly/UrbanOceanLab)_, and an advisory board member of Environmental Advocates NY._ ## Ayana Elizabeth Johnson *  May 14, 2026 ### [Why Is New York Breaking Its Climate Promises?](https://time.com/article/2026/05/14/new-york-climate-law-rollback/) New York might do something no climate-leading state has done, even in the Trump era: weaken its lan... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 4, 2025 ### [Ayana Elizabeth Johnson: "Act as if You Love the Future"](https://time.com/7330678/climate-change-activism-earth-awards/) In her TIME Earth Award speech, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson urges us to replace passive hope with decisi... [CLIMATE](/section/climate/) *  Sep 17, 2024 ### [How to Move Away From the Climate Brink](https://time.com/7021972/climate-future-ayana-elizabeth-johnson-essay/) Ayana Elizabeth Johnson explores what climate success could look like—if only we let it. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 2, 2023 ### [Be Tenacious on Behalf of Life on Earth](https://time.com/6283728/be-tenacious-on-behalf-of-life-on-earth/) Dear class of 2023: This is your moment and your mission, writes Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 6, 2023 ### [These Black Icons Have a Novel Idea to Save the Ocean](https://time.com/6260556/racial-justice-ocean/) Ayana Elizabeth Johnson discusses ocean justice with Daniel Pauly and Rashid Sumaila, winners of the... 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