Human existence is threatened. Just browse some of the articles at /c/climate@slrpnk.net :

France’s June heatwave caused more than 2,700 heat-related deaths

Warming Could Ravage a Third of Plants Used by Amazon Communities | Hotter temperatures and harsher droughts could cause Indigenous societies to lose many of the species they have used for medicine, r

The world’s oceans are warming at a record-breaking pace

Climate change causing more species to go extinct in temperate regions, UA study shows

It’s hardly hyperbole. The environment we live in is actively disintegrating. The effects of the damage are accelerating, right now.

The most effective thing we can do to address the problem is increase renewable energy sources: What actually works — right here, right now — to address climate change

That means more copper, steel, aluminum and concrete, for the whole world, as quickly as we possibly can.