We can’t make it better again
“What people are not getting is that we can’t turn this back – the CO2 to a large part remains in the air for thousands of years,” said Rahmstorf. “Some people think we can wait and, when it gets too bad, then we reduce emissions and things will get better again. People don’t realise that we can’t make it get better again. We can only prevent it from getting much worse.”
We're not even trying to prevent it from getting worse. Systemic change doesn't happen because, among other things, politicians won't act while people want "change without change" and corporations whisper into their ears. Meanwhile, individual action is close to non-existent thanks to the thought-terminating "it's the corporations' fault".