i hate to credit thatcher with anything positive, but we have had an actual scientist as prime minister who made fixing the ozone layer a big thing for her, treated it with an proper chemical understanding, and even dragged fucking REAGAN into creating climate regulations. i think the most insane ruthless neoliberal of all time taking pretty big climate action really moved the overton window, plus we have just a much more serious veiw of experts/academics than the US seems to (its not perfect mind, but we're not like immediately reactionary against them)