It clearly is a political tool, in my view, as well. There is much about this that makes little or no sense, to me, including this myth that "we" are doing very much about it.
This is why no one has a practicable plan to "solve" the issue, presuming it exists. I'm personally less bothered by the basis of climate change than I am by the actions "we" are taking while pretending to solve anything. IF climate change is real and truly serious, why aren't "we" moving aggressively with real plans to manage it?
"We" are just throwing money at it, and saying "wind and solar", with no clue about it.