"Are there things that individuals – beyond walking, cycling, using public transport and electric cars – should be doing more of? The first obvious one is speaking up. Demanding clean air so that governments make it a priority. At the beginning of the chapter, we saw the power of speaking up in [[Beijing]]. The [[Chinese]] government took note and was forced into action. **We already have most of the tools and knowledge we need to reduce air pollution. What’s missing is money on the table and the political will to act.** That’s something we can influence. "The second is making sure that we **resist the temptation to return to behaviours that seem environmentally friendly but are not**. ([Location 1207](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C3X6X695&location=1207))" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[public-policy]], [[climate-change]], [[politics]], [[emissions]], [[pollution]], [[conditional-optimism]], **Source** -- [[260103133118 - B - Not the End of the World]]