And don’t neglect related issues of societal well-being. The people are individuals arranged in families, towns, watersheds, bioregions, nations, and civilizations. Can any of these orders take on climate change?
This is our chessboard. Your move. Writing this blog is mine. I don’t mean to be harsh but since none of the levels of human organization seem capable of responding what do we do?
One interesting bright spot to explore is miniaturized nuclear power in the form of thorium. But we also have initiatives in power storage - insulated buildings filled with water or bricks. Yeah, always living place the current function of the economy which is extractive and growth, oriented and as well as killing us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdMiVnA6Az0
The buildout of an alternative energy regime -replacing fossil fuel - still will take mining and manufacturing requiring lots of energy Best scenario will still take us to the 2.5 rise. Note there is lots of room for individual initiative. I would start with two.
*Pick an issue and work the calculations accrue silos of its relationship to other issues. Simon Michaux’s analysis of minerals needed for an energy transition is an ambitious example carried out by one person and gaining serious traction from his isolated starting point.
*Talk to an elected politician or institutional manager: council person, school board member, county manager, state legislator, congressperson. None of these are easy. The starting point might be to discuss local preparedness on the temperature rise, food, shortages, and rising energy prices, or how to take on the local beef industry.
As said, your move.