The Liberal Model is Blocking Real Climate Action

“Christopher Shaw offers a compelling critique of the prevailing liberal narratives regarding climate change”, which “frequently obstruct the development of more radical, transformative responses that are essential for resolving the current policy gridlock on reducing global greenhouse gas emissions.“ He focuses on ‘five liberal climate guardrails’, which “construct a future that is politically, morally, and economically exactly the same as the life-destroying liberalism of today”. These are: “1. Climate change is not a challenge to individualism; 2. The liberal construction of climate change is universally true; 3. Climate change is not a historical phenomenon; 4. We have technologies to solve climate change; 5. New stories will save us.” Overall he “makes a strong case that it is imperative to engage in public discourse regarding the prospects of liberalism to help us navigate the intricacies of climate action in a manner that promotes sustainability, justice, and equity.”