Yes, climate change is happening. Do most people who are not progressive westerners care? No. Can you convince them without bribing or bullying them? No. Does calling it an emergency make you look like a crazy person? Yes.
People seem to forget how devastating drugs are to communities. We see it right now with meth and poor whites. It was (is?) true about African Americans and crack cocaine. There is no “legalize it” solution with these drugs. If you want to rehab low level offenders, fine. But high level offenders, the people running the operations, deserve their sentences.