Climate policy is portrayed as ineffective because it fails to communicate clearly and relies on coercive approaches. Public information efforts are described as missing, including emergency-style briefings comparable to those used during Covid-19. The piece argues that most people respond to calls for action when government frames them as national purpose, as seen during Covid-19 and wartime mobilization. It claims current governments treat climate action as a technical problem with technical fixes rather than a societal transformation requiring broad engagement. It also criticizes proposals to limit legal rights to object to energy infrastructure, suggesting coercion replaces consent and participation.
"Now comes the second strand: coercion. Last week, the government proposed to curtail the public's legal right to object to the new energy infrastructure it deems critical. If it gets its way, development consent orders (planning permis"
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