Post-Paris: how to boost climate action dramatically
To tackle climate change and to successfully implement the Paris Agreement, we need to recognise and own up to the reason behind the slow pace of action to date: the long-term and global nature of climate change conflicts with the priorities of decision makers, which are dominated by the short-term and by self-interest. Inaction is not for lack of the necessary technology and resources. Nor for lack of a compelling economic and moral case. The issue is that, with the exceptio