Thomas Hale

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How do we govern problems like climate change, pensions, infrastructure, or demographic shifts, which span more than a generation?
In *Long Problems* I try to explain why that's hard politically, but also what strategies might work. press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…

Join us next Wednesday for the Oxford launch of
@cathmckenna's #RunLikeAGirl as we discuss "finding your own path, breaking the rules, and fighting for the future--on your own terms"
June 17th, 5:30pm, St Antony's College, Oxford
Register: bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/blavatn…

Good to see UK moving new homes off gas…in 2028. 12 years later than 2016, the year first proposed in 2006. The majority of the 1.86m homes built since 2016 will have to be retrofitted. For a #longproblem, kicking the can down the road does not save money
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

One fossil fuel crisis costs the UK more than shifting to net zero by 2050. And how many more such crises can we expect in the next 24 years?

A great example of how the proper temporal frame clarifies costs and benefits #longproblems theguardian.com/environment/20…

The immediate effect of US withdrawal from the UNFCCC is relatively small because the Trump Administration already stopped mitigation + adaptation efforts and financial support, and was not engaging diplomatically. But the medium-term effects damage the US and the world.