From Dyane Silvester, Arnside, Cumbria, UK
Graham Lawton’s piece on the failure of governments and corporations to support climate action was sad, but unsurprising, reading. Perhaps the best way to encourage private individuals to take practical action is to lead by example: the people telling us what we should be doing could be seen to do those things. When will we see parliamentarians personally contributing (maybe via a pay cut) towards the cost of insulation, solar panels and heat pumps for parliament, and more of them taking the train or a bike? How about corporations investing profits in solar and heat pumps for their premises? A lot of visible investment by our leaders might make us more inclined to follow(26 April, p 22).
