Exactly. People often get lost in this "we must save the planet" argument, but realistically, the planet is gonna be fine.
Preventing climate change is about saving humanity, not the planet.
Preventing climate change is about saving humanity, not the planet.
Because it forces us to recognize that the risk isn't to "the Earth" as a separate entity, but to ourselves specifically (well, our future descendants).
We've already confirmed through our behavior that humans largely don't care about any other part of the Earth ecosystem, so asking people to basically do the right thing as a favor to the Earth are probably wasting their time.