Conflict escalation over lack of acknowledgment --- Thanks for this analysis, Eric. From what you say there may be an escalation on both sides: first various politicians fail to engage with the concerns of activists and simply pay them lip service, then in response to that initial lack of acknowledgment from politicians, activists refuse to acknowledge the contributions politicians have already made and are promising to make on climate change, dismissing them as hot air and unreliable players.

It's interesting to note that you simulation took place more than 25 years ago!

Source author: Biljana Scott biscott@diplomacy.edu