If the big players/countries continue to lead with bad examples, what can be asked from the smaller players. I think real changes will be made when maybe it'll be a bit too late, at least for our generation.
When so many people in this world struggle to put food on their plates, imagine how much they care about climate change.
Yes! In this respect, nothing can sum up the quandary better than an exchange between Emmanuel Macron and a "gilet jaune" during a visit of the French president on one of the "barricades" erected by the gilets jaunes.
EM explained the challenge of climate change and one of them replied (en francais dans le texte)
(You are telling me about the end of the world. I in turn am talking about making ends meet!)