Between the vested financial interest that are joined at the hip with political interest and the outright refusal of the majority of the population of the weste

Between the vested financial interest that are joined at the hip with political interest and the outright refusal of the majority of the population of the western world to make any kind of personal sacrifices to combat climate change, we are deeply fucked as a species. The "non western / non 1st world" segment of the population have a lot of other things to worry about, such as "how am I going to keep a roof over the head of my family and put food on the table" even though these people often live a subsistence-type living, where at the very least some part of their regular calories come directly from small-scale farming / hunting / fishing, and they experience first-hand the impact of climate change. As George Carlin astutely observed: "The planet doesn't need saving. It will adapt to the new paradigm, and continue to exist. The people need saving". I strongly believe he hit the nail on the head, and we should really change the narrative from "save the oceans / forests / animals / planet" to "save humanity". It should be abundantly clear that in practical terms, nobody gives a fuck about saving the environment. Maybe they care about saving their children. I really think that saving our species starts with eradicating poverty, ensuring that 100% of the global population doesn't need to worry about water, food, shelter, healthcare and education. I don't know what the best path would be to achieve this, but I have a feeling that if we would stop spending on warfare, significantly increase top-level corporate taxation and funnel that money instead to providing everyone with the basic needs, and combine that with a concentrated global effort on researching and implementing truly sustainable energy generation and associated heat removal we'd be off to a good start. Unfortunately, when it comes down to it, we have not evolved much past the "apes with sticks around the watering hole" stage, so the chances of that coming to pass are statistically nil.