I agree, well said claire. BUT I think you need a significant proportion of the people of earth to believe in climate change for the policymakers to be able to do something about it.

They’re not going to take the apparently large and drastic steps they need to take, nor will they take them in time, if the public disbelieves/is indifferent to the truth of climate change. They need a mandate, and they’re not going to want to make themselves unpopular – which is wrong of course, but in practical terms widespread public support for the measures needed can only be a good thing.

all this assumes, of course, that climate change is correct – i’ve not personally read anything which 100% convinces me, other than george monbiot pointing out that all the anti-cc research appears to be funded (in some cases covertly) by oil companies.

and like anything else in the world you convince ‘the public’ one person at a time. so maybe that’s why statto’s on at dan?