No government is taking the situation seriously enough, that much is certain, but I still believe that at least accepting it as a scientific fact makes some difference. But yes, we’ve heard enough talk, it’s time to turn that into actual policy.

Indeed. The only major country on earth where the political elites seem to fully grasp the urgency and the scale of the situation seems to be China. No other major economy has shifted away from fossil fuels and towards renewables so quickly.