> a few poor peoples' ability to eat or stay warm is nothing in the face of the climate crisis.

Or maybe, in such a case, the people who have actually been consuming (and emitting) like there is no tomorrow all these decades should make substantial adjustments to their lifestyle (i.e. pay more taxes), so that the people who have been consuming nothing can eat. Sounds a bit more reasonable to me. And we are not talking about a few people, especially if you are referring to the whole world.

Actually, for a brief moment I thought you were joking.