This whole "act now or it will be too late", I think actually damages our chances of dealing with this. The reason is that there is a good chance we will blow

This whole "act now or it will be too late", I think actually damages our chances of dealing with this. The reason is that there is a good chance we will blow past 1.5, and this will be brought up as evidence that they are just "crying wolf". My guess is that the "final warning" phrasing is more news media and not actual scientists. If so, the news media is doing a great disservice to humanity.