It's coming. I hope I live long enough to see climate change deniers prosecuted and punished for crimes against humanity. My worst fear is not that I won't live to see it, though. 

What I really fear is that by the time it's clear that crimes have been committed the social contract will have disintegrated so far that appropriate criminal prosecutions--which would preserve the integrity of human civilization--will be impossible.

There are any number of lawsuits in the courts now that could lay the groundwork for criminal proceedings against corporations and individuals who have worked to forestall action on climate change. But money talks in the courts--and in our elections--and no industry has ever been more profitable than fossil fuels