Thread by @SteB777

I am well aware that some might consider this as a bit extreme. However, I'm not saying it works exactly like this, but we need some way of understanding how despite all the time and evidence, our so called leaders still refuse to do the right thing.

https://twitter.com/SteB777/status/1452998167620997125

The latest UN report lays bare the incredible vacuity and dishonesty of the Net Zero by 2050 policy, which is actually putting us on course for 2.7C of warming, nearly double the Paris 1.5C target.
theguardian.com/environment/20…

There is nothing wrong with aspiring to Net Zero in the next 30 years - with 2 big provisos.

1) This has to be actual Net Zero, not fraudulent not net zero.

2) We need rapid and drastic reductions in GHG emissions within the next 10 years to stay on course for the Paris target.

The governments of the world have now had 30 years to sort this out. Instead the most they have come up with is a fraudulent not net zero by 2050 plan, with false accounting, to mislead the public into thinking they have taken action.

The supposed purpose of governments is that they are there to protect the public. Self-evidently they have failed to do this, and are still failing to do this. This suggests our governments do not have the ability to take the necessary action.

As far as I can see, the only obvious reason for this is that our governments are not really in control like they claim to be, and that powerful vested interests have such a strong influence over our governments, that our governments are unable to take the necessary action.

What other explanation is there?