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Let's face it, 1.5 is dead. And unless a miracle happens, we'll shoot past 2 degrees in the next ten or fifteen years. After that, with climate feedbacks, tipping points, and cascading effects, 3 degrees of warming or even higher is probable by the end of this century.
That can mean only one thing. A collapse of our fragile, tenuous, global industrial civilization. It might happen gradually, it might happen suddenly, but it will happen and it will be catastrophic.
Our rulers know about this. And yet they've chosen to do nothing. Or, actually, they've chosen to go all in, pushing for increased consumption, stronger economic growth, and even more fossil fuel use — because it's incredibly profitable. 
So, what can you and I do?
Jem Bendell says our best choice is to accept what is happening to our world, embrace the collapse, and turn our efforts toward what comes next. He says: "We’re going to collapse into community, and what we can play for is what we find there when it’s all we have."
@breadandcircuses I don't think it's too early or defeatist to start preparing our communities for greater self-sufficiency.
@clfh @breadandcircuses Agreed. Shortages in food, water, energy and spare parts for pretty much everything are inevitable. It’s not if but when. Now is the time to start thinking about what we can do now to make this less destructive later.
@xerge @clfh @breadandcircuses
A lot of those adaptations reduce carbon emissions and other harms. Win win.