We now have to deal with climate grief which may initially be confused with some sort of premature, cynical, pessimistic reaction to recognizing and accepting the implications of the data and how drastic, even catastrophic change will inevitably come in regards to climate changes.
There are many ways to cope and one of them is to hope that there is a ways and a means to mitigate the changes in a way that will avert the more server results we can anticipate. Some will live with and cling to that, others will want to be more realistic about it and accept the ramifications.
The optimistic ones will most likely do little things, (or big) to feel better about their impact on the environment and with the notion that anything short of a complete change of lifestyle will have a significant effect. So, that's feel good and may, collectively have some small benefits.
The realistic ones will be more deeply into the data about the current situation, the ominous feedback loops that are emerging and the potential for an acceleration that has the potential to become exponential. They will either just live life as best they can, become severely disheartened and change their plans about "the future", or become involved in preparing, individually and in communities, to try to be more resilient and prepared for surviving the great difficulties and extreme hardships ahead.
So, the choices are varied. We only have so many resources. How much do we put to trying to deal with the still growing momentum of what continues to globally dominate the negative impact on the climate? How much do we look to alternatives that are only potentials, (with there own pros and cons) as possible solutions that may be too little, too late? How much do we devote to changing how we think of the future while beginning to prepare for a very different world ahead of us? Should we "invest" in the future, have children, imagine a livable world ahead?
That's for each to decide. Maybe just doing what you do, with even more gusto and presence, is another way to cope.
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