structural issues --- A real difficulty is to approach structural issues. For example, we tend to put the responsibility of waste and pollution management on the consumers (obligation to sort waste etc.) instead of focusing on the producers (banning some types of packaging). I think this example illustrates how the international community tends to agree on small steps with minor impact (SDGs, etc.) instead of addressing much more difficult and complex factors with a view to having a larger impact. That said, I'm aware that taking more radical and impactful measures against climate change would go against the interest of large corporations based in Western (Northern?) States...

Source author: Samir Yeddes samir.yeddes@eda.admin.ch