Protesters demonstrate against Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Paris climate accord, at the San Francisco Federal Building, June 2, 2017. (Photo: Jim Wilson / The New York Times)

In the wake of the US's withdrawal from the Paris climate agreements, we are faced with this important question: will climate catastrophes turn us toward one another with love and cooperation or against one another with fear and violence? An ethic of cooperation and love at the local level can be our strongest repudiation of Trumpism.