Yeah, thats true.

I’s listening to ‘pod save the world’ yesterday, and they were reflecting on the missed opportunity of the COP when its held in autocratic countries, like they have been lately. They said the lack of protestors meant the leaders lacked a sense of urgency instilled by the protests that accompany this event in more liberal countries.

So ‘forcing the issue’, like you say, doesn’t even have to be hard legal action.