Global warming so big the world's govenments need to step in

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lobal warming has dimensions and complications that exceed the abilities and capacities of the individual.

Subsequently, resolving the dilemma, or at least activating methods of mitigation, falls squarely in the lap of the world’s governments.

And writing in the New York Times, Eduardo Porter discusses the need for the use of a “big stick”.

Discussing failures as achieving any useful mitigation agreements, he said, “Such failure indicates that getting countries to make the costly but necessary investments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions will require more than diplomacy. It will require a big stick.”

Read Eduardo Porter’s story - “Climate Deal Badly Needs a Big Stick”.