In the end, by avoiding up to 0.5°C of warming by the end of the century, and even more with the anticipated energy efficiency savings, an HFC amendment is one of the most consequential actions that can be taken to implement the Paris Agreement, and a victory for the world.
The worst problem, however, is that the intense focus on what is going on in the room blinds Woodward to the far more consequential actions taking place outside.
The media reported at the time that like other consequential actions he's taken, Trump did not fully understand the consequences of the decision he made.
In each condition, subjects answered questions about various hypothetical scenarios, which related either to the link between the subject's own intentions and consequential actions (Intentional Causality) or to the link between a natural, physical event and its consequences (Physical Causality).
There is a levity to the way in which very consequential actions — homosexual flings, broken marriages, suicide — flit through the narrative frame; credibility suffers.
That's where the most consequential action will take place.
True, it is harder to make an informed choice when you are young - and that's why caring and disciplined parents (plural) are so vital - but even kids know that actions have consequences, and it's a rare five year old who doesn't understand that dead is dead, that killing is the most consequential action of all.
We should remember, too, that Rebekah's story continues as an account of the most consequential action.
But given that single-payer is staunchly opposed by Republicans in Washington and has struggled to get sufficient support even in California's Democratic-controlled legislature, the more consequential action, for now, will likely be on three other parts of Newsom's announcement.
There are few more consequential actions for Congress and the courts than removing a citizen's constitutional rights, especially without a criminal conviction.
They're the passive events Harriet has no part in: it's her consequential actions, choices, decisions and realisations that are the real journey.
