Talked to a very smart person this afternoon who reminded me: climate fatalism ("it's too late") is a soft form of denialism.

Everything we do from here is worthwhile. It counts, it makes a difference. No matter what damage has been done, we can still make things better than if we had done nothing. We can still look after the world, look after our friends and family. Action has results.

@stephen it can both be true that it is too late to avoid catastrophe and that we must do everything we can to avoid the worst of it.

"It's too late" is not a form of denialism just because it makes you uncomfortable, it just means we put our big boy/girl pants on and save what we can.