‘The Office’ star Rainn Wilson changes his name to raise awareness of the climate crisis

Identity theft is no joke So is the climate crisis.

Ryan Wilson is so serious about spreading awareness of the ramifications of global warming that he changed his name.

The “Office” star, 56, is now going Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson — at least via his social media platforms.

the actor Announcing the new nickname via Twitter and Instagram on Wednesday in an effort to highlight the rapidly melting Arctic (which he referred to It shrinks at millions of liters per second) and its global catastrophic effects.

The changing Arctic weather, he insisted in a selfie-style video, “is not just bad news for the Arctic — but for us as well.”

As a cheap little trick to help save the planet, I changed my name on Twitter [and] Instagram, he explained, stating that its goal is to “help tell world leaders and influencers that we need to act now.”

Wilson, an environmental advocate and Arctic Basecamp board member, said he reached out to “a lot of people in the show business” to encourage them to do the same.

“It’s fun. It’s free,” he explained, asking his followers to go to ArcticRisk.org and follow his footsteps.

Wilson’s announcement is timed to the 27th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, which will be held in Egypt until November 18.

Although neither his Instagram nor his Twitter handle reflect his updated nickname, Wilson chirpMost likely as a joke New Twitter CEO Elon Musk He is responsible for the latter.

“Note they won’t let me change my name because Elon!”