Part of the problem is the climate system's own inertia; it may be that only now are we starting to see definable and recognizable changes. The majority of the more severe effects probably won't happen while I'm alive. However, I'm concerned enough (and hopefully informed enough) about this issue to think that my children and my grandchildren will be experiencing some of these more severe effects, and that bothers me. I also am concerned that there will be significantly less wildlife (globally) and coral reefs -- that the things they see now in aquariums and zoos and know that these animals and environments still are "in the world" may be drastically changed (even gone) by the time that they reach adulthood.
Personally, I'm not willing to drive the world into an economic malaise so that someday my grandkids can see a coral reef on vacation.
And I'm concerned that we don't have enough confidence in our children to deal with problems when they occur without us nitwits posturing as though only we have the secrets of the universe and once we pass the world will be bereft.
Remember the Ecosphere? We actually thought we could recreate a mini-atmosphere and make it balance; the CO2 levels went berserk and it was years after they were forced to shut this bizarre exercise in sophomoric sequestration before the principals admitted what every heating and air-conditioning company in the area already knew, which was they had been pumping fresh air in to "slow" the disaster that was obvious to all involved.
The irony is that as they left the building and it began to be disassembled they remained convinced that with just a tweak here and a twist there the whole enterprise would have led the way to a better and more beneficial world.
Arrogance and hubris have no bounds.
CO2 dissolves in water. It is food for algae, coral etc. Virtually all aqauatic lifeforms exist based on the availability of CO2.
A higher concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere will cause a higher concentration in water. Life will flourish.
This is also true of all growing things on the surface. More food!!!
Obvious solution: don't have children. There is nothing more effective you can do personally for reducing environmental stress than that. Why isn't that ever mentioned? Why is big government paying unwed and unemployed Democrat voters to have multiple kids?
My ancestors living on the edge of civilization in a wild and untamed wilderness on an unexplored continent every night before bed prayed to God that the wild animals that preyed on them and their crops and that the dangerous environment out their window full of disease and sudden unexpected death, would be drastically changed (even gone) when their children reached adulthood. I'm glad I don't have to worry about a sudden outbreak of smallpox killing me or fearing that a pack of wild wolves will suddenly appear and tear me apart while I'm out plowing the back 40 with my mule.