An Inconvenient Truth about any Inconvenient Truth (Part #2)
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Initiation of:
- Appeals -- to the world, the international community, to nations and to individuals
- Research -- to substantiate the reality of the challenge
- Technological development -- to circumvent the problem and mitigate the symptoms
- Prayer -- to evoke higher powers, recognizing human limitations
- Security measures -- in anticipation of social unrest arising from the challenge
- Communication -- to inform people of the challenge and the need for them to change their behaviour
- Solicitation of funds -- to respond to the dire needs from those in immediate distress
- Humanitarian intervention -- to provide relief to those in distress
- Celebrity buy-in -- to provide a symbolic focus for recognition of the challenge
- Meetings of stakeholders -- to discuss the challenge and evoke collective response
- Organization of task forces -- to coordinate action in response to the challenge
- Declarations and resolutions -- to focus collective recognition and resolve
- Strategic plan of action -- to determine responsibilities for subsequent coordinated action