" the solution has to be political"
and the politicians are owned by Capitalists who now make ALL the laws, regs, rules, so there simply cannot be a solution by politicians, even if there were a technical/scientific solution (there ain't) YES, there is. It is available today. The only reason it is not being used is the resistance of the oil, gas, and coal industry.
too late to reduce carbon footprint. The planet is in or rapidly approaching the tipping point of no return. No, it is not!
As soon as arctic tundra releases gigatons of methane, already in progress, GAMEOVER I agree with you on that point, that is why we need this nuclear power NOW! ....and in mass quan ies.