The fundamental problem with your logic is that people don't act to put out a fire until it has already become obviously imminent. Ice is melting, wildfires are

The fundamental problem with your logic is that people don't act to put out a fire until it has already become obviously imminent. Ice is melting, wildfires are ravaging vast swaths of land, rainfall is wanting....but individual people don't generally suffer the effects of these things as they go about their daily lives. People won't get up and go get a bucket until you first convince them that their inaction will lead to catastrophic fire damage. Fire burns. Smoke suffocates. But climate change, despite being less reversible, is not so readily identifiable.