This is a good, concise post, which supports a worthy cause.
One point that you raise demands some further examination: "...more than 80% of people in nearly every country want stronger climate actions from their government and corporate leaders, despite the headlines."
This is either not a meaningful statistic, or (at the very least) we damage the cause of activism by not pursuing it further. It is all very well to say that 80% of people want stronger climate actions. The point is that they are part of the 90+% whose values and lifestyles cause climate change in the first place. More to the point, it can easily be shown that significantly less than 50% of those people are willing to vote for a government that would implement such actions.
Urging people to action is a noble pursuit. But we are well past the "awareness" threshold. What is needed is to ask *WHY* more meaningful change actions are not happening. Those are the questions that I want to explore - and have attempted to do so at "The Value Crisis" substack, (in "Climate Change. What's the problem?"), found at https://thevaluecrisis.substack.com/p/climate-change-whats-the-problem.
I agree there is a values crisis, as you say. I've written a fair amount here and elsewhere. For example:
“We are victims of a decades-long, unprecedented propaganda effort to convince each of us that contentment, happiness, self-worth, identity, and even good citizenship comes from buying “more, new, better” stuff."
This is a good, concise post, which supports a worthy cause.
One point that you raise demands some further examination: "...more than 80% of people in nearly every country want stronger climate actions from their government and corporate leaders, despite the headlines."
This is either not a meaningful statistic, or (at the very least) we damage the cause of activism by not pursuing it further. It is all very well to say that 80% of people want stronger climate actions. The point is that they are part of the 90+% whose values and lifestyles cause climate change in the first place. More to the point, it can easily be shown that significantly less than 50% of those people are willing to vote for a government that would implement such actions.
Urging people to action is a noble pursuit. But we are well past the "awareness" threshold. What is needed is to ask *WHY* more meaningful change actions are not happening. Those are the questions that I want to explore - and have attempted to do so at "The Value Crisis" substack, (in "Climate Change. What's the problem?"), found at https://thevaluecrisis.substack.com/p/climate-change-whats-the-problem.
I would greatly value your thoughts on this.
I agree there is a values crisis, as you say. I've written a fair amount here and elsewhere. For example:
“We are victims of a decades-long, unprecedented propaganda effort to convince each of us that contentment, happiness, self-worth, identity, and even good citizenship comes from buying “more, new, better” stuff."
https://watershedsentinel.ca/article/more-new-better/ and
"We must change ourselves first because our culture and economy are a product of our beliefs and values." https://leahy.substack.com/p/our-arrogance-is-responsible-for
Please continue to explore this important topic and share it with others.
Stephen