How much are we all going to have to suffer before our governments actually take constructive action on the climate. Not to mention personal action as well.
Having said that, I believe you are right that reducing CO2 output is most likely not going to cut it anymore (if that is even possible at all). But there might be other ways to slowly reduce the carbon levels in the atmosphere.
Whether it's possible to do something short term (effective within decades), yes, I also highly doubt that.
Some of use have been screaming about the bloody thing for 30 years. Now the car is crashing into the wall. It's too late to steer right or left. Bracing for impact is the best we can do.
> but I don't think it's the right thing to just call this unsolvable.
Making our peace with what could have been is often the only way to salvage what can be and prepare for real-world scenario, aka worst-case scenario regarding climate change.
We obviously already have a feedback loop that doesn't act in our favor. While it's surely a good idea to start preparing for the worst, I think it's not a good idea to add to the problems by spreading hopelessness.
We unequivocally NEED to stand behind a singular message:
1) it IS our activities causing it
2) we can and should curtail these activities IMMEDIATELY
3) while we can't avoid the effects "in the pipleline", we can prevent further effects from piling up.
4) number 3 is our duty to the children and their children, it's our legacy.
"but mom, he's doing it worse/also!" is not a mature response to the single biggest threat facing humanity that has ever appeared in our known history.
there can be no winners in such a disaster, let's stop jostling for position.
(We, the USA, are literally the only unilateralist nation with regards to this issue. We are an outlier, some would say a criminally negligent outlier. Time to make up for past misdeeds!)