Melting the Polarization Around Climate Change Politics
Melting the Polarization Around Climate Change Politics
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消除围绕气候变化政治的两极分化
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2018
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通讯作者：
Cale Jaffe
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Cale Jaffe
气候变化已经成为最两极分化的政治问题之一，但它并不总是这样。就在2008年，主要的共和党人和民主党人就全球变暖研究的影响达成了一致。这篇文章描绘了美国是如何从一个关于应对气候变化的必要性的两党协议转变为目前看似棘手的两极分化状态的。从与环境非营利组织合作过的人的角度来看，这篇文章表明，如果倡导者要取得持久的成功，他们需要打破气候变化政治的传统智慧。解决像气候变化这样的问题需要几十年来持续减少污染的努力，即使政治钟摆继续摆动。正因为如此，环保主义者必须接受培养一个工作联盟的目标，无论谁掌权。
Climate change has become one of the most highly polarized political problems, but it was not always this way. As recently as 2008, leading Republicans and Democrats agreed on the implications of global warming research. This Article charts how the United States moved from a bipartisan agreement on the need to address climate change to the current state of seemingly intractable polarization. From the perspective of someone who has worked with environmental non-profits, this Article suggests that advocates need to disrupt the conventional wisdom on climate change politics if they are to achieve lasting success. Tackling a problem like climate change requires sustaining pollution reduction efforts over many decades, even as the political pendulum continues to swing. Because of that, environmentalists must embrace the goal of cultivating a working coalition regardless of who is in power.