Quod erat demonstrandum is about all I can say. As far as I can see, most governments and institutions moved from a broad denialist position to a "maybe we shou

Quod erat demonstrandum is about all I can say. As far as I can see, most governments and institutions moved from a broad denialist position to a "maybe we should do something" but the "something" tends to be lip-service or woefully ineffectual masked with bright-green hooray-statements (because anything effective would be actualy political suicide: people won't vote for people who cut their jobs, tell them they can't have things they want, or otherwise radically restructure their lives). The overal approach over the last 20 years or more reminds me of Yes, Prime Minister's protocol[1] for dealing with international incidents: 1. Nothing is going to happen. 2. Something may be going to happen, but we don't need to do anything about it. 3. Maybe we should do something, but there's nothing we can do. 4. Maybe there was something we could have done, but [shrugs] it's too late now. :-/ [1] https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5t4iz6 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5t4iz6 at 18:13.