For decades, scientists have been predicting catastrophic levels of global heating if society does not change course. What is to be done in the limited time we have left? How does society put itself on a different path that will stabilize temperatures for generations to come?

The United States can wield its sovereign monetary power to finance and encourage investment in non-extractive energy projects. Why, then, do oil and gas companies still seek new reserves, governments still license dangerous infrastructure, banks still finance carbon-intensive projects, and investors still embrace fossil fuel companies?