The   New York Times   summarized where we are in controlling global warming: Before 2015, the world was expected to warm by about four degrees Celsius by 2100. Today, the world is on track for three degrees Celsius. And if the world’s leaders meet their current commitments, the planet would warm by   around two degrees Celsius . That is not enough to declare victory. The standard goal world leaders have embraced to avoid the worst consequences of climate change is to keep warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2100. Unfortunately, that does look increasingly unreachable, experts said . Gas prices and Republican resistance   have diminished   Biden’s climate agenda. The war in Ukraine has   consumed attention   previously focused on climate issues. As the World Turns  ( watch the evolution of the opening, and shifting commercials--did you know that Lux Soap was taken off the shelves in the 1990's, but you can buy it again today ) is an American television soap opera that played fro