Not exact matches
Last week I posted a «Your Dot» contribution from Raymond T. Pierrehumbert, a University of Chicago
climate scientist concerned that
policy makers and the public keep in
mind the primacy of carbon dioxide emissions if they are serious
about limiting the chances of propelling disruptive human - driven global warming.
We won't change their
minds, and their numbers aren't large enough to impact
policy in a major way; at least in the U.S. such individuals don't count
climate change as very high on the agenda of things they care
about (I understand that in several other countries, this is a more salient issue).
When asked why I changed my
mind about federal
climate policy, this is a large part of my answer.
There's a question in many
minds about where
climate change is and what the public -
policy implications are with respect to that.
Hey, even if you've already made up your
mind about the presidential candidates, are you well informed
about the local issues that effect
climate policy in your community?
Once governments such as the UK's have made their
mind up
about climate policy, they are then, naturally, able to mobilise many # millions to convince the public
about what they are doing...