Thread by @MarcelHarmon1

1/6: "Deep decarbonization is a global collective action problem." - Yes, exactly.

via @GreenBiz @MarkJaccard

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greenbiz.com/article/carbon…

2/6: "If we say consumer behavioral change is essential, we again let politicians off the hook, enabling them to claim that they are waiting for that behavioral change." - Spot on.

"An intensifying global crisis, including mass migrations..."

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3/6: "... of climate refugees, awaits us if we cannot quickly replace international wishful thinking w/ international realpolitik. An enduring global effort is unachievable w/out enforcement mechanisms that will be objectionable to some countries, at least initially." -Again, yes

4/6: "[Local] politicians showing leadership in their own jurisdictions must also replace domestic wishful thinking w/ domestic realpolitik." - Yes, it's a local to global, multi-level collective action problem.

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5/6: Contextually apply Nobel-prize winner Elinor Ostrom's 8 core design principles of human cooperation to the nested hierarchies found w/in human societies, in a manner grounded in contextual behavioral science & evolutionary theory, offers promise

amazon.com/Prosocial-Evol…

6/6: To address self vs. group interests, climate denialism or delayism, developing/implementing the best decarbonization policies, etc.

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