I am sure the poor people who are suffering through the droughts in Europe, floods in Pakistan, increased erosion in Senegal and the hottest ever temperatures in Death Valley would disagree.
Climate change is happening and the science has been ignored for far too long.
My point is, anecdotal evidence is not meaningful for something as multifaceted as world climate.
The point is that the costs to adapt to this change will be in the trillions and be disproportionally felt by the poorest in our society.
Hence it is a change we should avoid where possible.
False. Some people are saying the world will end and humanity will be wiped away.
I personally believe there may be more truth to that statement than many wish to believe, but not as a direct result of climate change itself. Rather, it's much more likely that the growing stupidity and political polarization surrounding climate change (and many other "hot-button" topics) will drive humanity to the ultimate stupidity of another World War, which these days can absolutely be a life-ending (on a planetary scale) path to go down, considering the types of "mass destruction" weapons the mad-men in power these days have access to.
We still can, but we could have too.
But right now cost wise it's massively uncompetitive with solar/wind + storage.
Then why are energy prices rising in every grid the more renewables it uses?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-14/renewable...
It's also possible that some investments in renewables will take time to pay off, like any investment in new infrastructure. I'd expect the same thing if some area built a brand new coal plant. (Ideally these costs are buffered out by some kind of financial instrument so rate-payers don't get hit by it all at once.)
Solar power is actually quite cheap. Storage can be cheap or expensive depending on whether it's done with pumped hydro (where geography allows) or chemical batteries.