Global warming obviously won't kill all of us. Some of us will be more affected than others. Some could even be better off hadn't it been for the fact that a common tragedy likely touches all in one way or another.
What people need to take seriously is that it's happening, regardless of whether or not it's manmade. Indeed nature and climate are not static. Some 10 000 years ago, there was an ice age and I couldn't live the place I do now. The Sahara was once a lush place. From a certain perspective, human societies have only been around for a short while - especially the way they are now. They are not very adaptable, we've built them as if we thought things didn't change. Most seaside towns weren't built thinking they could all be under water in a 100 years time.
Sometime in the distant future, I think we'll have created societies that are much more able to cope with such change.
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