Conspiracys , new world order.

[Petertherabbit]

We won't be able to scale back emissions, by making changes alone in the west and it is unrealistic, to expect the the developing and third world, to hold back their development, to benefit us all.
They've seen the wealth and comfort that technological development has given the west and they want their share of the goodies.
Considering there are huge populations still suffering malnutrition and disease, largely caused by poverty and poor development, they won't worry how much, coal, oil or plastic trash it takes, to lift them out of poverty.
By the time they've seen the light, the game will be over. The world will be a giant plastic trash dump and we will be coping as best we can.
15 minute cities, ev's and wind farms in Europe won't make happenth of difference.

By the time the population hit 9-10 billion, we may have reached a point where we understand the constant, never ending production of goods and therefore waste, is not sustainable.

I believe the first law of thermodynamics says energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted. So in essence we aren't gaining or losing anything by constant growth, only transferring it from resources in the ground etc to waste products put back into the ground.

Hopefully, we can keep the west and western Europe a still reasonable habitable space, certainly my experience of other countries and south East Asia is, they have little to no regard for the natural beauty of their environment. It's common in South East Asia, to see rivers completely choked full of rubbish and litter everywhere.