How to solve global warming in 2 easy steps

It starts with a skyscraper full of vegetables

Vertical farms
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Edgar Su))

Most clear-thinking people can see by now that there isn't going to be a functioning global carbon emissions abatement scheme in the foreseeable future. Whether or not that's a good thing (and I think it is) is a separate question. Because regardless, we should look at the world as it is.

Now of course, excessive carbon emissions into the atmosphere remain a serious concern and a real problem. So what can we do to solve it?

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Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry is a writer and fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. His writing has appeared at Forbes, The Atlantic, First Things, Commentary Magazine, The Daily Beast, The Federalist, Quartz, and other places. He lives in Paris with his beloved wife and daughter.