Climate-change policy: why has so little been achieved?

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Modeling the Impacts of Corporate Commitment on Climate Change (2012, background): “Regulatory pressures and governmental policies to reduce GHG emissions may indeed vary significantly from one country or region to another (Helm, 2008, Falkner et al., 2010).”
Energy systems modeling for twenty-first century energy challenges (2014, background): “In order to counter criticism about their assumptions (e.g., Helm, 2008), energy systems modelers could increase efforts to publicly release data and models.”
Is climate change an ethical issue? Examining young adults’ beliefs about climate and morality (2012, background): “…situation, in which each individual (household, community, country, etc.) has a strong incentive not to reduce greenhouse gas emissions personally (Helm 2008); through this lens, non-action might well be viewed as highly rational at the individual-actor level, regardless of any potential…”
Prosperity without Growth? – The transition to a sustainable economy (2010, background): “Similar results for the UK have been reported from other studies including Carbon Trust 2006, Jackson et al 2006, Jackson et al 2007, Defra 2008, Helm 2008a. 12 Source data from the US Geological Survey Statistical Summaries.”