FT Sustainable Views: Success on climate in Trump era may mean things not getting worse

Longtime campaigner Glenn Hurowitz stresses the importance of identifying where progress can be made, and where the key fight is preserving the status quo.

At a glance:

• Mighty Earth CEO Glenn Hurowitz advises adopting a pragmatic approach to avoid becoming disheartened in the face of an “all-out assault on nature protections, the rollback of climate action, and the erosion of democratic standards”
• He believes for change to happen, business executives need to feel pressure from multiple angles — their customers, investors, the media and their own staff — in a concentrated period of time, an approach Mighty Earth has labelled the “perfect storm” strategy
• Driving change through private sector engagement, rather than via governments, is potentially more realistic in the current climate and can be more impactful, says Hurowitz. “The private sector has the ability to tackle multiple issues at once, and multiple regions at once”

Read the full profile by Marie Kemplay at Financial Times’ Sustainable Views.