Can we actually mitigate the effects of climate change? (Image credit: Sean Rayford / Stringer via Getty Images) It's now clear. Scientists predict that humanity will miss its target of keeping atmospheric warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times, with the globe sailing into an even warmer future. And the impacts of this warming are escalating, from extreme weather disasters and hits to biodiversity to melting glaciers and sea level rise. So: How high will our temperature go? How long will it stay at its peak before cooling back down? And what will this mean for our planet? This became the guiding star of global action to fight climate change, with wide acknowledgement that the higher the warming, the higher the harms to ecosystems, human health, food supplies and other aspects of planetary well-being. Yet now, more than a decade later, nations' cumulative actions and commitments on emissions are falling far, far short of what's needed to meet the Paris Agreement goals.…