> The question always is if we can even do something about the climate now or if we should spend the energy and resources into preparing for a potentially inevitable future.
It's usually easier to stop doing something than to deal with the consequences of doing something.
> Humans have always been champions of handling change. Why should this be different?
Humans have never faced this kind of change. It will be different because it's not just a different temperatures, it's the collapse of the ecosystem which we rely on for food.