In our fight to avoid dangerous climate change, science is pulling its punches, diplomacy is picking the wrong battles, and economics has been fighting for the other side. Simon Sharpe argues we must rethink our efforts in each of these areas to have any chance of decarbonising the global economy fast enough to avoid dangerous climate change. Simon Sharpe is Director of Economics for the UN Climate Champions, currently focusing on international collaboration to accelerate emissions cuts.
The invisible infrastructure of climate change