Yes, a certain amount of climate change, due to past emissions, is inevitable, and will not be reversible. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
Nevertheless, unless climate sensitivity is low and acceptable amounts of climate change are high, climate stabilization will require a massive transition to CO2 emission — free energy technologies. (science.sciencemag.org)
But the US is not the only country with a shameful track record, most developed countries have emitted outrageously larger amounts of climate change causing gases to the atmosphere than most of the rest of the world. (earthinbrackets.org)