This image from the IPCC synthesis sums it up.

This is not about knowledge, it's about power.

The world's leaders know what needs to be done to avoid catastrophic climate change.

They refuse to act because it would mean an end to profits of the fossil fuel industry and others.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/paulmurphy_TD/status/1637818636550152194