As you said in an ideal world we (globally) would be forgoing all unnecessary consumption and redirect all activity until the problem is under control. In reali

As you said in an ideal world we (globally) would be forgoing all unnecessary consumption and redirect all activity until the problem is under control. In reality... The EU "forcing approach" of making GHG emissions expensive is getting people increasingly angry because it drives up prices and makes you seem like a slouch to financial markets. It could work but people need to be understanding of what's going on and adapt their consumption and profession and I don't see that happening at the required speed without it falling apart. The US "ship all dirty production elsewhere approach" looks good in the books but is fake and it also makes people angry because of lost jobs. But it does get you great innovative power to the point of hoping magic AGI fixing everything. Then there's the "don't care approach" of e.g. Russia and the "can't care approach" of the global south. China however may have realised it's a losing game anyway and it has all the materials, manufacturing and authoritarian clout to push ahead and be the last one standing. Meanwhile everyone has to navigate geopolitical power games in a WMD era. It's troubling...