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In Praise of Climate Virtue Signaling


Politicians and other leaders don’t like to brag about their green credentials. But what if a little virtue is exactly what we’re missing?

In the latest addition to this canon, Tony Blair’s new book draws some lessons on leadership from his decade as prime minister of the UK. But emissions from things like diet, aviation, and our homes are proving more stubborn —and these are areas where behavior change can play a much bigger role. One of the MPs Westlake spoke to was reluctant to discourage flying, saying that it wasn’t fair to stop families from having one foreign holiday per year.

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