Too much 'talking' can lead to little action

While reading Soft Law, Hard Law, and the Climate Change Treaty by Robyn Eckersly it is clear that the explanations of how government operates in regards to climate change overshadows the actual action that needs to be accomplished. Eckersly discusses the lack of action on climate change by exploring how soft and hard law operate as well as the different international relation theories and how different government leaders make climate change policy choices within these theories. He goes on to explain that the lack of climate change action is often attributed to strategic interest, ally ships, internal interests, and coercion. Unfortunately few countries choose to make morally sound choices based on their constituents interests. Furthermore, treaties always take longer than expected thanks to internal countrie talks. For example, the EU has a record of spending copious amounts of time talking within their group of nations and failing to communicate to the outside world. It seems that to create meaningful change in terms of the climate, countries need to prioritize the climate over their own interests such as what country they are currently trading with. This is definitely not a simple switch and more powerful countries need to set an example so countries with less development can begin to understand that this switch will not necessarily affect them negatively.