Agreed. Things always fail slowly, then suddenly. And then people get hurt. But otoh the only "real" traction we are getting for issues like, in this case, cli

Agreed. Things always fail slowly, then suddenly. And then people get hurt. But otoh the only "real" traction we are getting for issues like, in this case, climate change seem to be relatively recent and caused by more and more catastrophic, tangible effects (80% of Pakistan under water, heatwaves, tropical storms becoming a regular occurrence in the coastal US, you name it)