> "well, it's too late now and we need to keep consuming to save ourselves from the consequences of our consumption"

As an every day person with no power outside of voting, eating mostly vegetarian, outfitting my home with climate friendly options and buying less overall... That's literally all I can do as a household. Not many seem interested in doing similar things though so I literally have nothing else to give. That's a drop in the bucket and meaningless though unless others choose to join