Local Action Key to Slowing Climate Change
July 18, 2022
With the Biden administration stripped of major tools for fighting climate change, one alternative is to encourage states to adopt their own aggressive policies to reduce carbon emissions, the New York Times reports. In Issues, Charles F. Kennel sees scaling down the focus—even to the local level—as a good idea. Local communities worldwide experience climate change differently, he argues, and face unique environmental, economic, and social factors when making climate policy choices. “The scientific community,” Kennel writes, “needs to help by providing local leaders with the specific regional climate information they need to motivate and inform coordinated action.”