Green solutions with a local touch

Policymakers have to look at the local realities and the human side of things too.

There have been two broad strands of thinking on how to deal with the pressing challenge of environmental destruction and greenhouse emissions. Environmentalists and conservationists usually propose an absolute reduction in consumption and economic activity for combating greenhouse emissions and reducing the ecological footprint. They point to the carrying capacity of the earth, and the widespread destruction of habitat and biological diversity.