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> there are those that believe that we are, at this point, past the point of helping and that we might as well just get on with it and adapt

Climate change is inevitable but the amount of change can still be affected. Preventing carbon emissions now will absolutely be cheaper that paying for mitigations in the future.

The amount of warming is very important. An increase from 1.5C to 2.0C will kill an additional 100 million people from air pollution alone.