in 1804 the global population hit 1 billion for the first time

in 2 years the population will pass 7 billion

every day we burn more than 70 million barrels of oil

and add more than 200,000 extra people to the planet

how can adding 6 billion humans to the planet in 200 years and burning millions of tonnes of fossil fuels not be affecting the climate??

I don't agree that any one policy action will be sufficient; it will take a mix of actions including some direct action to force construction of low-emissions plant and closure of high emissions plant and probably taxes on production of fossil fuels if only to avoid avoidance of taxes on consumption. At the least there will need to be accounting of how much leaves the ground if only as a method of auditing emissions. In the current climate the electricity generation sector appears to be confident of their ability to lobby for exemptions and to continue building coal power plants that, at best, have Carbon Capture and Storage as possible future add-ons which they know they won't have to actually build if (when) it fails to be economically viable.

Most of all policy needs to be based on science of climate, not on popular opinion as manipulated and manufactured by vested interests.