many responses to our piece are Giulio Mattioli Julia Steinberger'Discourses of Delay' paper doi.org/10.1017/sus.20…
Redirect responsibility-Someone else should act first
Surrender-Not possible to do something
Emphasize downsides-Change will be disruptive phenomenalworld.org/analysis/globa…

Watching Oil, gas, coal polluters parade at #COP28 spouting all 'discourses of delay' to slow climate action
'someone else first'
'it's not possible'
'no need for disruption'/ 'innovation!'
'change will be disruptive' / 'appeal to social justice' carbonbrief.org/guest-post-how…

fantastic illustrations of delaying discourses by
Léonard Chemineau are available leolinne.com/?portfolio=dis…

Fossil fuel polluters use their PR machine to delay action
Stage 1: Deny the Problem Exists
Stage 2: Deny We're the Cause
Stage 3: Deny It's a Problem
Stage 4: Deny We can Solve It

Please share these far and wide. Julia Steinberger Giulio Mattioli Léonard Chemineau

COP28 President al Jaber: “Please help me, show me the roadmap for a phase-out of fossil fuel that will allow for sustainable socioeconomic development, unless you want to take the world back into caves.”

Stop playing dumb and talk to International Energy Agency and IPCC
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Yep, horribly sadly BigOil has won the PR battle. Climate has dropped down list of worries for most voters, in most countries, but especially in oil& gas Anglo countries that have opened the floodgates. Our interview with Chris Shaw phenomenalworld.org/analysis/liber…
twitter.com/Tzeporah/statu…

Albert Pinto Chris Shaw The problem was always the desire to make dealing with climate change 1) a cost-benefit analysis driven exercise and 2) focusing on policy vs demand side actions. The former always runs into issues of tractability and cost while the latter builds resentment for govt decisions