The world will have to be drastically different to solve these problems. A carbon tax is the way to do it since offsets are often plainly fraudulent. We have a long way to go. Cars should be as efficient as possible if not replaced by rail. Food packaging ought to be reusable and standardized like shipping containers or milk bottles way back in the day. People would have to give up on their manicured chemical water intensive artificially green lawns and how embarrassing that would be. All appliances, devices and vehicles should be repairable. The way to drive this would be a prepaid tax to account for the costs of the pollution. It would have to be a high enough tax that people get angry about their standard of living changing so it won't happen under democratic politics in such an individualistic society. Everyone has to have their over sized car to signal wealth to their neighbour. But at least if there were regulations we would all be in it together and find more efficient ways to peacock to our neighbours.