Apparently it's up to me to solve the climate crisis (see description). How do I deal with that much responsibility?

That's our NJ, always thinking with her...um, I'm not sure what part of feminine anatomy serves the parallel function as the male meat-and-two-veg when it comes to subverting higher cognitive processes....

Her chesticles?

This answer can't be beaten..... I thought I'd Nip this in the bud befire you get started on me two'gether....:(

My emy eyes are up here ,but apparently as I'm blonde ,my brains nowhere to be found.....I think my parents though I had a dirty mind and they forgot to put it back after washing....:( 
Im sure the THING you're referring to is part of their noses.....it's like their very own personal stiller dog that likes nothing more then being petted when let off its leash and free to roam.....
Its Ivor that or the dreaded a Trouser Snake they have lost control over ,yet again...:( 

To speak seriously, I think we're doomed.

I don't think humanity will die out (though it's possible). But I think we are headed for a period of severe economic and social disruption as climate change redraws where humans can build cities, grow food, find potable water, etc., and those who are negatively affected by the consequences start forcibly demanding that those who have potable water, arable land, not-flooded cities, etc. share those resources with the dispossessed. 

Moreover, I believe we as a species have delayed action long enough that even if we agreed tomorrow "By gum, we gotta do sumthin' 'bout climate change", the amount of effort and resources it would require to reshape how we live our lives would cause social and economic disruption on the same order of magnitude as the likely reaction to climate change.

But maybe with enough cockatoos on the beaches...

Whatever we can do to keep this in the light of discussion at this point, is a baby step in a better direction. 

That said, the future is more grim with every passing month that we watch, and talk without acting. Denying the problem is no longer tenable, yet see who still does.
The symptoms are legion, and worsening; the causes are well-documented; and the fallout that we are only just beginning to calculate, is all but inevitable now.  

Now look what sucks the oxygen out of the front pages and lead stories in every news source: politics. The machinations of bloviating cartoons who noisily accomplish nothing.
If ever there were an obvious formula for mass human disaster, we are seeing it in the dystopia we stupidly choose for ourselves.

This post was edited by Don Barzini at December 18, 2019 9:24 AM MST

No, Don.  No. It was clearly intended to stir up passion.  Which worked.   Ideas are flying all over the place from this light question maybe meant in fun.  It is on all our minds now.  And most think it is too late.  If Trump wins through again?  We are then looking for a miracle. This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at December 18, 2019 5:15 AM MST

Thanks, we can use all the assistance we can get...

Oh you GOT Pebbles Flintstone ref.  I was unaware if you cockatoos engaged in the Flintstone lore.

Thank you for the PICK.  I really think I guilted you into this pick, but thank you.  LOL  This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at December 18, 2019 6:00 PM MST

Yes, we cockatoos tend to live a long time (although we never mature beyond the rough equivalent of a 4-year-old child...)

Also, I felt you did the best job of capturing the spirit of the question with your answer, so your Asker's Pick was fully deserved.