> Which is pretty similar to Stern, no? Their goals are on the light
> side, and they're vague about how to get there
No, they are pretty clear, they want market mechanisms.
> ...wouldn't it be more
> fruitful to say, "Yes, it's good to see such important people
> acknowledging the seriousness of the problem, but we can do a lot
> better than this..."?
As I may have said before, there are 'reformist reforms' which make the
problem worse and take the wind out of the movement's sails, on the one
hand, and on the other, 'non-reformist reforms' which change power
balances so the problems can be addressed more fundamentally and by a
movement with growing momentum. We're looking for the latter; market
enviros seem happy with the former - for now, until it becomes very
clear that matters are genuinely worse...