It’s too late to do anything about climate change

Myth:

There’s nothing we can do about climate change; it’s too big a problem and it’s too late to act. If we’re already heading for 2.7°C warming, we’re doomed anyway. 

Fact:

IIt may indeed be too late to keep warming to 1.5°C. Even 2°C will be difficult. But both those temperatures are manageable ecologically, and we have all the technology and economic levers we need to stop further increases and get temperatures back down. The problem is getting politicians to act. That’s why public pressure is so important.

A climate protest in Melbourne, Australia. [Source: Wikimedia Commons]

Sources:

Andrew King, “Scientists have scrapped the worst‑case climate scenario – because action is making a difference,” The Conversation, 27/5/26