This paper explores the interplay between humor, comedy, and Phoebe Wagner’s concept of “the environmental grotesque” (2023). Focusing on media texts from the Nordics that employ comedic strategies (such as parody and satire) to disrupt traditional representations of the environmental crisis, I propose the term “grotesque environmental humor” as a shorthand for a distinct comedic genre that in recent years has made headways by transforming the absurdities of existence in the Anthropocene into a source of comedy. Combining recent writings on “bad environmentalism” (Seymour 2018), consumer culture (Kennedy 2007), and the concept of “double reality” (Norgaard 2011), I discuss the unique affordances that this form of humor embodies in challenging the dynamics of conventional environmental discourse. Situating this strategy in relation to the affective dynamics specific to the Nordics as cultural context defined by unsustainable overconsumption, emotional detachment, and a seemingly pathological tendency toward deferral, I highlight the ambiguous potential that grotesque humor holds in either cultivating alternative futurities or sedimenting the status quo.