Most efforts trying to help out on climate warming and related issues are focused on material conditions - temperature, ocean content, electrical production.. tons of coal. , numbers of people, weight of all the species on the earth, and number of dollars like snow come down evenly but soon collects into drifts - these can be measured. This analysis has helped us understand the dynamics of climate change and given insight into some of the causes.
In some of the recent posts, I have suggested that what is missing in most public discussions is an understanding of the social if we are to make any progress in doing better with climate than the widely anticipated total collapse.