[FussyZeus]

The answer to this question is far too vast and complex for a hacker news comment. The real problem is that the people who hold the levers of power to create change are far too invested in the status quo. They may have an ethical and humanitarian reason to respond to the scientific communities concerns and data, but they have literally every other single interest pointed in the exact opposite direction.

I think we're rapidly approaching the point where the youngest people are going to abandon "civil" methods of change. They're being faced with a world they won't be able to live in, and are derided, mocked, parodied, and of course denied any kind of power to exact the changes needed.

[rankad]

Power isn't denied, authority is.

They are denied authority on public media platforms.

[FussyZeus]

What is authority if not a kind of power?

[throwlaplace]

>What kind of power is exactly being denied and to whom?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/us/what-is-gerrymandering...

>Who says what changes are needed and when?

this is a completely disingenuous question (both are really) since we all here are aware of climate change abatement recommendations

[tsimionescu]

The UN council on climate change and all of the world's climate researchers could be a signal worth paying someind to.

By their account, we need to change the basis of our economy, and we should have started 10 or 20 years ago, so today would be the latest that can save some areas.

The power to enact this change is denied to everyone who will suffer from it.

[xwdv]

What is the “uncivil” way of stopping climate change? Might as well go to the beach and punch waves as they roll in, it would be the same result.

[FussyZeus]

Civil unrest. Protests that devolve into riots.

Ever seen the painting "Bastille Day"? There are always options when the powerful fail the powerless. Large amounts of modern society were put in place to prevent this sort of thing from happening, but if the leadership is intent on making those protections ineffective, well, there's always guillotines again.