We need politicians to have the guts to admit it's going to hurt to fight climate change

One of the toughest things for those of us who actually accept the science on climate change is to maintain optimism that anything will be done.

Politicians must be able to persuade us to change the
way we live because the low-hanging fruits of climate change reduction have all been picked.

After weeks like the one we’ve just had, I sometimes wonder how long it will be before our major political parties shift from talking about reducing emissions and instead arguing over how to best deal with the impact of climate change.

You know the sort of thing – “Should we means-test free access to P2 masks?” or “Should there be a mutual obligation regime for climate-change relief?” – and before you know it the Australian and the other climate change-denying News Corp media outlets will be running editorials about how “we need to get more people off climate change welfare”.

It is a shift we need to fight against – the war to prevent disastrous climate change is not lost, but it will be if we allow political parties to raise the white flag.

Read the story from The Guardian by Greg Jericho - “We need politicians to have the guts to admit it's going to hurt to fight climate change.”