Because it’s also the least effective strategy. The reality is getting nearly everyone to change their behavior just isn’t gonna happen.
Even if everyone in America went vegan, showered once a day and biked everywhere wouldn’t change much with impoverished countries coming out of the third world. If you can’t get them to change then it doesn’t really matter.
Big problems require big, comprehensive solutions. For that you need government to function effectively regulate, make climate bills countries can stick to.
We already have the tools we need to get climate change turned around but we don’t have the political will.
Even if everyone in America went vegan, showered once a day and biked everywhere wouldn’t change much with impoverished countries coming out of the third world. If you can’t get them to change then it doesn’t really matter.
Big problems require big, comprehensive solutions. For that you need government to function effectively regulate, make climate bills countries can stick to.
We already have the tools we need to get climate change turned around but we don’t have the political will.