The reason the West can't solve climate change is the same reason they can't solve any of their problems.

Instead of actually taking real action, they instead start imagining a fantasy world where they already solved the issue, and then pretend to already live in that fantasy.

Instead of tackling climate change, the liberal instead imagined how big tech would swoop in with some crazy innovation and save us all. Convinced that this fantasy was objective truth, the liberal stopped paying attention and went on with their life.

Instead of isolating, masking and properly vaccinating until the Covid19 virus was eradicated, the liberal instead imagined a world where the pandemic was already over, and promptly started living in that fantasy.

Instead of backing down and supporting a peace deal, or relenting and realizing that the war was going nowhere, the liberal instead convinced themselves that the West was a technologically advanced superrace where each weapon is a game changer, where Russia is on the verge of collapse and Ukraine is winning every battle. Now they believe that Ukraine has already won, and are shifting their attention elsewhere.

Instead of supporting a ceasefire, or withdrawing weapons from Israel, or doing literally anything to stop the conflict, the liberal instead imagined again, that they are the master race, and can easily crush any opposition and win any conflict, not even remotely registering that the US navy completely failed to deter the Houthis. In their minds, that event never took place.

They did the same in Afghanistan and Vietnam. They even did the same with Trump during his first election, and they will do the same with Taiwan, until the day they all die.