It's too late to stop climate change progressing because there is no political will in most of the world.
Lets face it, this all kicked off with the Industrial Revolution, where suddenly, rich people could travel the world in steamships, plunder foreign lands, subjugate the local natives, and much worse. Once global travel became the fashion of the rich, emissions were only going one way. And that continues today, where travellers who hardly know their own country, ply the oceans in cruise ships, and jet around the world spending a few days here and there without regard for global consequences, while no doubt aspiring to having an EV.
Factor in wars, and how much greenhouse gas was/is produced by mechanised wars?
The world truly is a mad place.