Making climate change an issue of self-interest

Individual self-interest is relevant to climate change because the decisions and changes people are willing to make will reflect how they can best achieve their vision of a ‘good life.’
If humans were all selfless, societies could make radical changes tomorrow that could prevent a lot of future damage to the planet, writes Valere Gaspard.
Unless countries approach solutions to climate change as a game of appealing to individual self-interest, real change may come too late. Climate change is one of the most important topics being discussed in the national and international spheres. It’s a common argument to say that it is in the

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