You are reading a single comment by @sacredhart and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
sacredhart
Ecobeard
It has been ever since ‘Silent Spring’ was published in 1962
But it has never truly broken through the short term political systems, in the same way that it has never broken through the general public’s short term concerns.
Geo politically there is a chance that something tangible may happen now, but it’s never, ever nailed on despite how dire the situation
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/government-climate-policy/
The UK Gov sees it’s self as going out on a limb by pledging to be the first major economy to commit to completely avoiding emissions from homes, transport, farming and industry or offset them.
The link here is economic damage being recognised and that’s what will change & deliver this, not really campaigning (obvs it helps, is noble and gets good headlines, The not paying council tax protester is brilliantly absurd) in a broader sense.
I did a ‘wildlife and conservation economics’ module as part of my EM degree, and 18years later and a career in the field, I truly understand the importance of it, only really now.