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 Brian Houska Jan 20, 2014 09:50  | Proposal contributor
After a little thought, I suppose the logical consequence here is a Constitutional amendment, which is a really heavy lift. However, it is possible that a lame duck legislature, after a landslide election for the opposition, might effect this change with a provision that only a 3/4 super-majority could roll it back. This would most likely happen at the state level and would probably be monitored for at least a decade before growing legs. Still, we shouldn't let the prospect of a slow start excuse stasis. Hoot 64.
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Brian Houska Jan 24, 2014 11:52 | Proposal contributor
I am investigating forming a 527 or 501c4 to advance this idea.
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 Gunes Hellweger May 24, 2014 09:37 |
Dear hoot64,
It's good that you have a realistic time frame. I like your plan.
If you could propose some ideas on how to engage different political parties in one common ground
that would be more helpful. Once the politics get involved, there will always be some people
who will object and make things harder. I think it would be a good idea to point out the benefits for
everybody and how you can avoid the protests.
Best wishes,
Gunesh
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Vishal Bhavsar Jun 12, 2014 11:10  |
One of the most effective way to deal with the issue of climate change is to have important legislation that would channelize resources required to deal with the problem that lie ahead. To instigate response and people to react you could also look at CROWD SOURCING as tool and technology intervention that has potential to increase the spread and the most optimized time.
The other point is to increase awareness of the issue to the legislators. In US and developed countries there would increased awareness but other parts of the world there is need for increasing the awareness for politicians and legislators. I request you to built in module of increasing capacity of these decision makers.
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 Dan Whittet Jun 17, 2014 05:26  |
How about supporting groups like "Mothers out Front" that bring back the idea, especially to families with children, that leadership is worthwhile. Re engineer government by changing the perception of what it is to lead.
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 Manohar Lal Baharani Jun 19, 2014 02:03 |
The political will embraced Kyoto Protocol, 1997, operational 2005, first time line up to 2012 and now struggling for second phase agreement by 2015 under diversity of political will. But then large number of CDM and JI projects that came are under pressure both finance and survival. Yes more responsive Democracy is the way to steer environmentally benign life style. But your proposal need to address how the responsive Democracy could influence market driven economies to shift to environmental integrity concerns as well. Good Luck.
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 Climate Colab Aug 5, 2014 08:45 |
Judge 1: There a many well funded international and US based NGO and advocacy groups already pushing the ideas outlined in this proposal. It would have been helpful to have seen more details on what makes this proposal different.
Judge 2: The proposal would allow minority parties to draw redistricting lines in an effort to reduce gerrymandering and elect more moderate candidates.
The idea of focusing on making legislative and congressional districts more competitive is very appealing for a host of issues, including climate change. The impact of this is why I rated the impact and novelty higher. I think the proposal doesn't focus on the best way to do this (judges could draw district lines, for example, and do in some states). The political feasibility of this proposal is in question, and the link to changing culture around climate change is not completely clear.
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