I don't necessarily agree with this sentiment. Scientists have been aware of climate change for over 100 years, and we have developed a pretty deep understandin

I don't necessarily agree with this sentiment. Scientists have been aware of climate change for over 100 years, and we have developed a pretty deep understanding of the mechanisms at play and the factors affecting the climate. In addition, we've developed an understanding of the historical climate which is surprisingly detailed considering the nature of the evidence. I think this shows that we are very intelligent. In addition to being intelligent, however, as a species we are governed by power structures that are slow-moving and hard to change. In general that's probably a good thing, but when technology affects the world in ways that are extraordinarily rapid from the pov of a geological timescale, we find ourselves without any reasonable mechanism on hand to rapidly undo that damage. I think it's actually kind of frightening to imagine the kind of power that would be needed to make the large-scale changes to society and infrastructure necessary to reverse climate change! That being said, as one would expect given our slow moving power structures, I think we are making slow changes. They may not be enough, but I am confident that in 100 years or so civilizations across the globe will reflect a much more climate-conscious approach to technology and infrastructure. And actually, if you look at it from a geological timescale, that is indeed a rapid change.