protests have failed.... any inconvenience people may be experiencing now is a drop in the rising ocean compared to the inconvenience a large percentage of the world’s population will be experiencing in the not too distant future if something meaningful is not done.
Your opinion, but highly debatable.
You don't need to be a scientist to be sceptical of some of these claims.
You just need to be about 35 years or older to remember the countless number of 'end of the world claims' that have been made since the 2000's related to climate change.
I remember countless TV documentaries and news stories about how islands in the pacific wouldn't exist in a few years, how Sydney would run out of water, how if we didn't do something by 2005/2010/2012/2019 that it would be too late and the world would end.
People are fed up with these ridiculous claims and no longer pay attention when drop kick greenies and lefties start blocking roads and public transport.
The same arguments have been trotted out now for more than a decade and people (generally) (in my opinion) are simply not convinced that climate change is as much of a problem as activists want us to believe it is.
Sure, the climate changes.
Sure, human beings can be destructive when it comes to the natural environment (and by the way climate activists should do some travel to countries like China, Indonesia, Vietnam and India to get some perspective on what real pollution looks like).
I don't know anybody who doesn't want a clean and protected natural environment (including people who don't believe in climate change).
But climate change is not the number one issue in the world (at least in the format it is currently presented in western countries by the western media).