So many people (IMO a vast majority) think they can sit back and wait for systemic changes to fix the climate problem… that they don’t need to proactively take any actions themselves.
But what if Trump gets re-elected a year from now? In that event we can expect global system-wide #climateAction to fall apart. There will be a 4+ year setback. Russia and China are not going to make any sacrifices if the US is not onboard. Will that inspire more people into the activism that they have direct concrete control over (individual actions)?
Russia is NOT the Soviet Union. It is 9th most populous and has the 11th largest economy. The only thing they have going for them are nukes and a large military. Other then that they are about as important as Mexico. That is to say they are a regional power and very very far from being on any sort of level with the US or China.