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Climate change mitigation's largely a busted flush. We simply aren't, as a species, going to stop the climate from changing no matter how many speeches David Attenborough or others give. We're going to hv to adapt. There shld be more debate & discussion of what's needed for that.
The responsible course of action for policymakers is to assume that the climate will change & to plan for what's needed to cope with (or in some cases - eg northern Canada - take advantage of) that. I'd like to see a national "Climate Change Adaptation Policy".
Now this already exists to some extent, but I hv in mind a major joint effort combining govt, business, households, schools, researchers etc. It'd be great if we cld, as a society, say "This is gonna happen, & here's what we're going to do to deal with or make the best of it."
Far too much of the climate change mitigation debate has degenerated into "Why oh why can't we just hv 1 world govt & live in peace & harmony, loving all the birdies & flowers like we oughta?" There are reasons mitigation has failed that aren't going to go away by wishing.
I suspect one problem policymakers see with embracing a climate change adaptation strategy is they fear being attacked as unethical. Here's something I wrote on that. conservativehome.com/platform/2015/…
