If we'd started fixing it when the oil company internal reports of global warming were appearing in the 80s[0], or earlier in the global consensus, both the tot

If we'd started fixing it when the oil company internal reports of global warming were appearing in the 80s[0], or earlier in the global consensus, both the total spend, and yearly spend would have been far less. As of right now we seem set to power right past Paris agreements, so 1.5 or 2 degrees is just wishful thinking. Remembering the ozone crisis, and subsequent international agreements, that appeared to be the last occasion public policy and international politics actually worked anything like "as intended". That action came rather slowly, and there were attempts to evade the bans of CFCs doesn't change this. Which leaves us with almost nothing with which to solve this more pressing issue. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2018/sep/19/shell-and-exxons-secret-1980s-climate-change-warnings https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97... and others.