It’s never really about a simple win-lose choices and as soon as we start to frame it that way, we set up conflict. We need to think win-win. You personally don’t have to totally give up butter, but if global society reduced dairy use even just by 50 percent in the next 10 years it would have a significant climate…

Depends on the country, and the legal framework can change over time. Not saying it’s a silver bullet, but it’s definitely one of the tools in the box, and if the floodgate opens, look out. Recent evidence is the Urgenda decision in the Netherlands, and the RWE case in Germany is also progressing through the system.…

Interesting observation, thanks. I actually had a short section on the legal implications of more specific warnings in scientific papers with a comment from Michael Burger. I’ll post it here:

Using less energy does not equate to a lower standard of living.