Just making the point species adapt or die. There are 4 known species of humans that became extinct on the journey to homo sapiens. Maybe more science has not found yet,
10, 000 years ago was the last Ice Age. Humans were living with mild warming up until the Industrial Revolution, when for the first time in the Earth's history a species commenced altering the climate of the planet. We only got to a scientific consensus in the seventies. Since then, we have been kicking the can down the road, as the fossil fuel industry fights a rearguard action.
There's no doubt fossil fuels have been enormously beneficial for mankind. However, we have reached the point where we cannot afford to continue with them wholesale.