What laws and policies would you suggest? If you don't feel like you can articulate your position well, do you have any books/articles you recommend we read?
As an example, see this report about cheating on an international agreement about CFCs (https://www.nrdc.org/experts/david-doniger/chilling-news-spo... which) were supposed to have been phased out worldwide by 2007.
Unfortunately, we don't have the international governance in place to attack this problem, and we might not until its too late. Still, you go to war with the army you have, and this is the one we've got.
BTW I would not assume that just because such laws are hard to pass now that they will be in a few years. Climate changes are reaching a point where an increasing number of people are experiencing the costs directly.
Whereas driving coal and natural gas out of the generation mix is "as easy" as getting PPAs signed with electrical consumers and getting solar and wind installed as fast as possible. You don't need to convince people in this case, as the actors (large corporations and utilities) are economically rational (cheap renewables->huge cost savings->yes please kthx).
More of this is needed, for example: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-06/negative-...
> Power Worth Less Than Zero Spreads as Green Energy Floods the Grid
> Wind and solar farms are glutting networks more frequently, prompting a market signal for coal plants to shut off
People vote for people who reflect their views, or at least freely, for whoever they want, so ultimately responsibility rests with the voters for the quality of government.
Sure...but that would require getting enough people who are not "fucking STUPID about climate" to vote appropriately :-)