By "politicians" she means people in power, and by "listening" she means taking actions (or at least refraining from doing the opposite). That's what your examp

By "politicians" she means people in power, and by "listening" she means taking actions (or at least refraining from doing the opposite). That's what your examples lack. > in western democracies, people predominantly vote to ignore it According to polls, it is considered to be very important issue, see e.g. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/sep/15/americans-climate-change-crisis-cbs-poll https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/sep/15/americans-cl... There was another poll and in European countries the support is even higher.