Take strategic action when strategic action is called for, and tactical action when tactical action is called for. We are on a solid path wrt renewables, storage, electrification, EVs, etc, but laggards who choose not to move along not because of economics but because of politics will require encouragement (Australia comes to mind wrt their coal plants and the previous political apparatus' lack of will to move off of fossil fuels quickly, but with Labor in charge now [mostly] progress should be coming, the 2GW Liddell coal plant turned down today for example].

We aren't going to avoid hitting 1.5C, but we'll probably blunt the worst of it and depending on how direct air capture works out, we may not be entirely fucked. Importantly, vote for people who believe in climate change.

Regardless, don't give up hope (which is distinctly different than optimism). Optimism is a positive thought pattern. Hope is the process of setting goals and following through on them, which is what humanity is doing in fits and starts.

https://ourworldindata.org/renewable-energy (Our World In Data: Renewable Energy)

https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/pages/electric-vehicle... (Electric vehicles are forecast to be half of global car sales by 2035)

https://www.iea.org/commentaries/global-heat-pump-sales-cont... (Global heat pump sales continue double-digit growth)

https://www.lazard.com/research-insights/2023-levelized-cost... (Lazard 2023 Levelized Cost Of Energy+)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35702201 (HN: Shell admits 1.5C climate goal means immediate end to fossil fuel growth)

https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-coal-plant-t... (Global Coal Plant Tracker)

https://www.tesla.com/ns_videos/Tesla-Master-Plan-Part-3.pdf (Tesla Master Plan Part 3: Sustainable Energy for All of Earth)