[Tarsul]

you bring up very good points, however cutting your own emissions is very helpful because a) rich people emit the most and b) you can be 100% sure that it works (whereas with donating you have to trust third parties) and c) it's pretty simple, even easy, to eat less meat, use less (traditional) energy and fly less. And to drive a smaller car (I don't judge americans for driving because it appears to be necessary there). And to buy less bullshit ;) you can easily reduce your CO2 (equivalent) footprint by 1/3 or more (if you are a usual person and haven't changed your behaviors yet).

Also, I think it's still misunderstood how fast change can happen if the people want it to and the politicians go for it. This hyper-capitalism feels like an eternal thing but it won't be. Because it can't. Younger generations want change and every catastrophe (and there will be many) puts pressure on the old institutions to change.