I see another angle to this. Further research in this area is eventually likely to reveal that the whole "crisis" 99% nonsense. A new crop of bright young scientists replacing the dug-in, self-interested old guard will make the brilliant discovery that humans putting a minute amount of an already naturally occurring gas into the atmosphere really doesn't make much difference. 

Once that happens where's the justification for governments to squeeze us all to death for taxes over it? Politicians pulling the plug before it's too late.