This does not work when there are parts of the political spectrum that won’t even believe there’s a problem, and which reject the scientific consensus out of hand, and which even threaten to defund the scientific research entirely.
Then science and education must adapt to the times and do better to educate and convey their message to a wider audience, everyone must do their part, including scientists and educators. If you exclude half the population from your plans before you even start, you will very probably fail.
Then propaganda and misinformation must adapt to prevent science and education from swaying that half of the population away from profitable fossil fuel extraction.