If you want to be depressed read this, from The Guardian:
Governments are spending vastly more in support of fossil fuels than on low-carbon energy in rescue packages triggered by the coronavirus crisis, new data has shown, despite rhetoric from many countries in support of a “green recovery”.
Data from the Energy Policy Tracker, a new research effort by several civil society groups, shows that at least $151bn (£120bn) of bailout cash has been spent or earmarked so far to support fossil fuels by the G20 group of large economies. Only about a fifth of this spending is conditional on environmental requirements such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions or cleaning up pollution.
The G20 countries are directing about $89bn (£71bn) in stimulus spending to clean energy, despite most of those governments being publicly committed to the Paris agreement on climate change.
In fairness, this is wildly messed up by US policy.
And not all Green New Deal spending is on energy, of course, so the data may be skewed.
But, this is still evidence of failing. And we have to do very much better to have a chance of continuing life as we even remotely recognise it.
When will they appreciate the scale of the issue they are facing?
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When they get rid of the FPTP election system.
When they stop thinking in terms of ‘My party first’.
When they realise that doing what is necessary for the environment is not a popularity contest.
When the flood water comes through their front doors.
“When they get rid of the FPTP election system” – not going to happen – Johnson is comfortable with an 80 seat majority. We are not hearing of demands for any alternative system from Labour.
“When they stop thinking in terms of ‘My party first’ ” – not going to happen – parties inevitably think of themselves first. Maybe we need to be rid of the party system.
“When they realise that doing what is necessary for the environment is not a popularity contest” – not going to happen – parties can achieve nothing unless they become so popular that they win elections to form governments.
“When the flood water comes through their front doors” ……………………….. is going to happen.