Prof. Aseem Prakash and colleague Prof. Nives Dolšak question in Forbes Magazine, what to do about climate policy failures in a time of political turmoil,
We are living in unprecedented political turmoil. With federal policies, programs, and agencies on the chopping block, policy conversations focus on immediate and visible subjects. Yet, institutional chaos provides an opportunity to reflect on deeper issues that caused the turmoil in the first place. How did we get into this mess and what is a realistic approach to fixing it?
On the face of it, technological change, global political turmoil, and cultural wars are derailing climate policy. But we suggest that there is a deeper story here: the climate crisis reflects the confluence of market, government, and individual failures, which tend to reinforce each other. Individual action can lead to climate progress. Although not perfect, it is a practical response to the current crisis. The challenge is to persuade individuals to start believing in their agency and motivate them to incur the costs of exercising it.
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