The head of the United Nations attacked fossil fuel companies Thursday, accusing them of betraying future generations and undermining efforts to phase out a product he called “incompatible with human survival.” Secretary-General António Guterres also dismissed suggestions by some oil executives — in...
It's easy to be cynical and say "no shit we've known this for 100 years" but I'd also like to appreciate that a prominent world leader is making a decently strong statement. It's happening (way too) slowly, but those in power are starting to realize how fucked the current situation is.
Unfortunately renewables won't quite get us there, because many of them have seasonal outputs and we don't have any good ways of storing energy on a large scale. Wind, solar etc. can't produce energy 24/7, and when there's overproduction we can't store it anywhere. There's some interesting solutions like this Finnish company working on a sand battery but nothing that's good to go right now.
Right now nuclear energy is the only good solution. I'd bet on small-scale modular reactors, at least if we can collectively get over the irrational fears many have about anything nuclear.