Right now, there is a significant conflict of interest when government officials have an individual or collective interest in the continued profitability of the fossil fuel sector. (sindark.com)
In my experience parents communicate better in mediation than they do in litigation as the focus is on collective interests not fixed positions. (compass-resolution.com)
(of course that is why we have governments to force people to take collective interests into consideration but as you will see later even this is not sufficient). (realclimate.org)