Moral disengagement explains low urgency despite climate urgency

Evidence

Given the disconcerting history of negotiations, disputes will likely arise over mandatory emission limits, surveillance procedures, and enforcement mechanisms. Another challenge is persuading each country to ratify the treaty. With a host of impediments, achieving an enforceable worldwide treaty will require much greater political will and efficacious leadership. Considering that adverse climate change is the most urgent problem of the century, the remarkable thing about the global warming problem is the low sense of urgency to abate it. The current lethargic pace of incremental change will end up doing too little, too late. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2666

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2666