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It will take a catastrophe event or step change or a series of them that are undeniably related to climate change, but even then good luck.
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What do you think has been happening the last ten or so years?
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Otherwise it has to be external forces like legislation or economics. Legislation needs to global and binding else it becomes a political football, so good luck with that.
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I tend to think the market will be the primary force in solving this problem. Governments need to provide strong regulatory networks, penalize bad behaviour etc.. etc...
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That leaves economics and business to do the job. Price carbon to the extreme and hope that some of the damage is offset by innovation. Insurers stop insuring things (already happening), investors stop investing in things (already happening), manufacturers stop making co2 producing things (will happen spurred by regulations), etc.
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This will probably be what saves us.