I think you're a bit confused, the parent was talking about a political solution to the climate change problem of which there is barely hints of so far. You're

I think you're a bit confused, the parent was talking about a political solution to the climate change problem of which there is barely hints of so far. You're talking about the solution to the political problem of appearing to care, which is what we've seen a lot of and that, almost by construction, don't actually do much to arrest climate change.