Trump is the antithesis of unified political will. He's a symptom of a deeply divided society.
The focus on finding consensus and political will on climate change is putting the cart before the horse. There's no consensus or deal making to be had with this degree of division and anger.
I agree. Not being able to get it doesn't change the fact that we need it.
What if there is no technological solution, or we fail to find it?
Then we're going to see a dramatic transformation of the planet due to significantly rising global temperatures. That is the grim reality.
Politcal can reserve funding, can align businesses and academics, can make that technological windfall we haven't yet invented a little mote likely.
What if there is no technological solution, or we fail to find it? Having political agreement and unity to fallback on is a good thing. Even if we do something terrible to the planet, we can mitigate that together, instead of ignoring it or making it worse.