Scientists have done more than enough. The issue now is entrenched interests blocking progress.
We had all the technology we needed to go carbon neutral back in the 1980's. Back then, even the American Petroleum Institute (yes, the planet burners) were raising alarms over CO2 and global warming.
We have many technological doublings ahead of us before technology fails to provide opportunities for growth. That's not the problem.
The problem is that our economic system is terrible at pricing in externalities.
Edit: Come to think of it, the American Petroleum Institute scientists said the exact same thing back then. Skip to the last page:
We may have had the technology in the 80s, but the economics is only just getting close. We could have switched but it would have meant a drastic reduction in quality of life for everyone who wasn't rich. We might still be in 80/90s technology had we done that, because the wealthier we are as a society, the faster we can develop technology.
We had all the technology we needed to go carbon neutral back in the 1980's. Back then, even the American Petroleum Institute (yes, the planet burners) were raising alarms over CO2 and global warming.
We have many technological doublings ahead of us before technology fails to provide opportunities for growth. That's not the problem.
The problem is that our economic system is terrible at pricing in externalities.
Edit: Come to think of it, the American Petroleum Institute scientists said the exact same thing back then. Skip to the last page:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3483045-AQ-9-Task-Fo...