doesn't the attempt in halting climate change kind of put the brakes on advancing via...

[littleelttilmik]

Well- its not Star Trek and the prime directive.
Also, evolution isn't some sort of perfecting exercise- you've got the wrong idea there- evolution is non intelligent design. Its simply what works and what keeps you alive until you procreate.

[Gary F]

Reproductive success among isolated competing breeding populations is the driving force.

Do you oppose modern medicine and the other countless scientific and technological accomplishments that have improved the quality and longevity of our lives by figuring out ways to alter the "natural" environment.

[gina]

Wrong place for this!

But, while climate change, whether you believe it's man made, is responsible for evolution, evolution will happen regardless. That's why we now have warfarin resistant rats. It's also why people in Africa are more likely to be born with Sickle Cell Anemia, because having that condition makes them less prone to get malaria, which is more dangerous.

[Wynne]

As the environment is changing faster than things can evolve expect mass extinctions.

[Nostromo]

We'll evolve regardless of our climate. Over the past tens of thousands of years, our evolution has actually accelerated quite a bit. And the climate over this period (since the last ice age) has been remarkably stable. And we've also done a great deal to moderate and shape whatever ecosystem/climate we live in. So we'll still evolve pretty fast.