I have to admit, I'm always a little nervous when I see this kind of techno-utopianism: > A star among these tools – sparkling alongside solar panels, heat pum

I have to admit, I'm always a little nervous when I see this kind of techno-utopianism: > A star among these tools – sparkling alongside solar panels, heat pumps, policy systems and activist groups – is modern climate science. Obviously it's important not to simply give up and do nothing. There's plenty that can be done, now, to limit temperature rise below truly catastrophic levels. But it's also very easy to look at technology as a get out of jail free card, which is probably why you see so many carbon-intensive industries focusing on things like carbon capture: it let's us just layer new technology onto our existing, unsustainable practices. And then there's the whole topic of geoengineering... Science and technology give us a lot of tools, but ultimately it's our ability to wield those tools in a coherent fashion across the entire planet that will determine if we're successful at putting a lid on global warming. Unfortunately, after 60 years of inaction, I have little faith that humanity will pull it off... I suspect it's far more likely that, in 100 years or so, we'll look back on this time as the peak of human development while we look to a much diminished future as we try to cope with the world we've made for ourselves...