[akamaka]

I’ve had the same discussion with many people, and when I tell them how much work is done on cleaning up carbon emissions, the reply is always “well… it’s not enough”. And of course, they don’t have a sense of what is “enough”.

They don’t really understand it in a factual, measurable way, but just are interesting in what the overall story is, and what it says about humanity failing.

[myaccountonhn]

Both can be true: we are doing a lot, and it's not enough.

[akamaka]

That’s a true statement about most human endeavours through all of history, so I’m not sure what your point is.

[AlecSchueler]

Are we measurably slowing down the warming effect?

[akamaka]

Yes, progress on renewable energy has virtually ruled out the extreme climate change scenarios that seemed possible 20 years ago (4-10°C warming).