Why implementing climate change is a big task to democracies

Democracy is at the centre of the fight for implementation of climate policies. On one side, there is the state’s obligation to ensure that they conserve the environment while on the other side it is constantly bogged down by the needs of big corporations which are responsible for massive carbon footprints; corporations which at one point in time came in to give financial aid to governments in form of campaign funds and project sponsorships. It is safe to say that democracy has gone to bed with big oil corporations and the product of their union is ‘a society and environment that is headed to destruction.

To demonstrate the influence corporations have on states, The Panama Papers which is one of the biggest leaks of all time show just how rich influential people have been able to defraud states an estimated value of $250 billion in tax revenue. Public authorities like David Cameron, Petro Poroshenko,  Mauricio Macri involved in it. The President of Iceland and Minister of Industries in Spain were forced to resign after this revelation.