Individuals can't solve the climate crisis. Governments need to step up | Anders Levermann

People do have a responsibility - to stay informed and demand the politicians make the planet their priorityFrom climate change to child labour, the responsibility for solving major societal problems is increasingly being shifted to the individual. People feel in order to save the world they have to be "good". Yet that is bad - because it paralyses change. Global challenges must be tackled by institutions. That's why the UK's Committee on Climate Change was absolutely right to criticise the government in the strongest terms today for failing to take more action against the climate crisis.While protecting the environment means sacrifice, there's no other area in which the individual is held so responsible for what's going wrong. And it's true: people drive too much, eat too much meat, and fly too often. Continue reading...