[eledumb]

It's already too late.

The generally accepted climate models are watered down versions that were acceptable to big business and politicians, it gave them the wiggle room to pass the buck. "We still have time, someone else can fix it later."

The thawing of the permafrost will release massive amounts of CO2, and methane, as well as nitrous oxide, way more than what was expected. The thawing of the permafrost will continue to drive warming, causing more permafrost the thaw, not to mention the burning of that thawed permafrost. The earth and climate are already locked into a positive feedback loop and nothing short of a super volcano or a large meteor strike will interrupt the loop.

What humans have set into motion can't be slowed or stopped by any human activity, all we can do is be witness to what's happening. Our hubris, which got us here in the first place, will continue to drive our belief that we can fix this.

[bryanlarsen]

Maybe it can't be stopped, but it can obviously be slowed. And slowing climate change can have a huge impact on people and the environment.

The interventions to slow climate change and to stop it are the same. A failed attempt to stop climate change is a successful attempt to slow it.

Attitudes like yours cause people to throw up their hands and do nothing, accelerating climate change instead of slowing it.

[seren]

Maybe you are right. But assuming this is true, don't we have a moral obligation to at least trying to save the maximum of people for as long as possible ?