Governments efforts to address climate change to net-zero emissions to limit global warming to 1.5C has run into difficulties. Let's not kid ourselves solving climate change is a very big problem, and is creating negative social implications. Complete climate procrastination would mean impacting as much as 18% of global GDP.
However as climate change becomes more volatile and some countries recover more quickly than others from the pandemic, a disproportionate transition to net-zero could divide societies further apart. While some countries strongly advocate for decarbonisation, others stall.
Certain influencers are deliberately slowing down or at least scaling back the green transition. Governments need to balance the needs of the populations dependant on carbon-intensive industries with agreed climate commitments. Aggressive action by governments now would involve many disruptions, (i.e; job losses) but would alleviate long term environmental consequences. A slower transition would be more manageable, but would necessitate deeper, faster changes in the future.
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