It seems like the TLDR of your post is that short term risks are important because they impact the way long term risks are solved.
Although people in EA are more concerned about AI and bioextinction (perhaps disproportionately so), I feel like your argument can extend for any argument — any progress one makes, for instance, on disease prevention/malaria nets impacts the same outcome of economic wellbeing & thus transition + resilience against climate change.
It seems like the TLDR of your post is that short term risks are important because they impact the way long term risks are solved.
Although people in EA are more concerned about AI and bioextinction (perhaps disproportionately so), I feel like your argument can extend for any argument — any progress one makes, for instance, on disease prevention/malaria nets impacts the same outcome of economic wellbeing & thus transition + resilience against climate change.