Thanks for posting this John. I truly believe that France and many other countries will beat the 2040 deadline they are setting.
Many things to consider such as the use of clean nuclear energy which does exist but has not been used. Now that the old or current technology has taken a bad rap, the use of the word "nuclear" will send anyone or any country on a death spiral. Sad but we were cheap in the beginning and it has taken nuclear to where it is today.
The other very important thing is innovation. North America is far behind on this and I'm not sure what the motivating factor is or should be.
With that, we could see and we are seeing in many other countries such as China and the Musk movement rapid advancement in technology. We need to overcome the stigma of climate change and put fossil fuels aside. With the "old thinkers" they will want to continue to use coal and oil until it is used up and then look for some half-baked solution.
So what if climate change is not man-made (I believe at least part of it is)? Can't we think out of the box and want to live in a world that has clean air, water and a healthy (instead of dying) nature?
It also would bring certain freedoms but it's mostly held back by money and big business.
