Cop28 failed to halt fossil fuels’ deadly expansion plans – so what now? The absence of a ‘phase-out’ let petrostates off the hook, but there are other ways to end the era of coal, oil and gas
Get rid of your car if you can, grow your own food, do anything you can to remove yourself from the systems in place. This seems to be the only peaceful way without turning to ecoterrorism. Though at this rate everything that doesn't have immediate effefts seems futile.
COP28 failed just as the previous 27 COPs did, this was always the most likely outcome and it is no cause for despair. It has been clear for a very long time that climate-solutions are not going to come from the top-down, and are not going to come from some miracle technology. The facts about climate-change have been clear for 60+ years, if you stick to the facts you'll find confidence knowing you're just plain right. It is more obvious and self-evident than ever that bottom-up organizing is the only way meaningful change is going to happen.
So, organize! Find local organizations fighting for eco-policy change in your area, and join them. See if there's a green party chapter near you, and join them. Donate as much as you can to organizations in your area that are putting pressure on your representatives. If you can, vote in every single election local, state, and national (or the equivalents in your country) for the candidates endorsed by your local green party/ green organizations. The connections you make now could very well save your life in the future.
The stakes are literally poisoning all life on earth until the vast majority of all life has died, including you. Seriously, at this point the only thing left to do is to make change happen by joining others who are genuinely trying to change things. Authorities aren't going to solve this and aren't going to save you, it's up to you to save you. Real change is going to require A LOT of people working together, so go be one of them in any way that you can wherever you are.
I know this comment is pretty dark. Hope is something you're going to need, and it's something you're going to have to give to yourself by imagining better possibilities and working towards them.