I will not assume what country you are from or how active you are in your local community, but here in the US among progressive or environmental groups we have seen a great deal of progress on the state & federal level on fixing the system. Lots of people are determined to solve this, sadly there is a lot of opposition too.

Don't be the change you want to see in the world, demand the change you want to see in your system. Don't rollover & accept defeat