What are the barriers to responding to climate change?

Starting point: Conventional (nonrenewable) electric production plants are operated to meet demand and have been operating for more than 10 or 20 years or so. People do not want to retire them early because profit is a good thing to have. This brings me to my first engineering rule of thumb, which I learned almost 25 years ago: "An engineering investment (a suspension bridge, a dam, a thermal power plant) should stay active at least 40 or more years."

We have been familiar with nonrenewables (reserves, technologies, etc.) for a long time. Private manufacturers, business owners, etc., are eager to run such facilities in order to generate money. Granting agents support such investments in any nation.

Additionally, they disregard climate change because they don't think it will affect their grandchildren or children.

On March 30, 2017, at 3 p.m., it is 20 degrees Celsius here in Çanakkale, Turkey. I say that's very hot for a March day because of all these factors combined.

Barriers to responding to climate change include political and economic interests, lack of public awareness and education, uncertainty about the effectiveness of proposed solutions, technological and infrastructural limitations, and social and cultural inertia. Additionally, short-term thinking and conflicting priorities among nations and stakeholders can hinder collective action.