Also discussed in our group, "A Vast Experiment" by Elizabeth Kolbert which ends with:
Climate change isn't a problem that can be solved by summoning the "will." It isn't a problem that can be "fixed" or "conquered," though these words are often used. It isn't going to have a happy ending, or a win-win ending, or, on a human timescale, any ending at all. Whatever we might want to believe about our future, there are limits, and we are up against them.
Kolbert isn't for despair, but I think she aims for a balance between unwarranted optimism and demotivating pessimism. There are countless videos proclaiming the next "breakthrough" technology. But it will take a collective effort to figure out the least damaging path forward.
