Being a prophet of doom is a difficult position because, if you have facts to support your proposition, then you have to accept that nothing can be done. The outcome, whatever you believe it to be, is set in stone so its really a question of 'keep calm and carry on'. But that isn't our (humankind's) way. We will gather the greatest minds we have and set them to the task of coming up with a solution or set of solutions which we firmly believe will address and resolve the problem.
As a fully paid up POD (prophet of doom) I do feel obliged to give in to this human tendency and propose my own response to the challenge of 'climate change' so, without further ado, here goes:
1. Taxation - remove all forms of child benefit and offer significant tax breaks to partners who do not have children.
2. Taxation - apply a Carbon Tax to any partner who has more than two children.
3. Education - start a public eduction programme to explain the Carbon Cost of an individual (at a European standard of living) showing the correlation between population and Climate Change.
4. Legislation - outlaw 'pro life' and anti-birth control beliefs/religions/organisations and prosecute such individuals/organisations for crimes against humanity.
5. Legislation - ban all 'happy family' and 'family lifestyle' advertising.
6. Education - teach repair before new purchase.
7. Taxation - impose crippling taxation on any commercial organisation which produces any new product which renders an earlier product inoperable eg Apple, Microsoft, Sonos etc etc etc.
I am quite certain that many people will find these ideas either appalling or completely bonkers but at least they attempt to address the core issue of human consumption. Its all to easy to blame climate change on industrial activity because that neatly avoids the real issue which is that humankind behaviour is responsible for the industrial activity.