Of course Global warming is a reality and our wasteful lifestyle and suicidal attitude to work as a means of paying for that lifestyle is one of the major contributing factors.

But the real question is, will the people who benefit financially from this crazy state of affairs, (House builders, Travel businesses, Motor manufacturers, Oil companies, and all the market forces who persuade us to buy things we don't need and can't afford) ever be willing to curtail their activities?

And more importantly, do the British and American people really want to to give up all the "indispensible comforts" of modern life?

I think not, its just another subject for the chattering classes and only a handful really care what happens to planet Earth in 20..50..100yrs.
Nothing meaningful will be done till the charade of "democracy" is ended and with it the mandate for the rich and powerful to destroy our world...Ake