But if they have full control of a simulation, why not give us something to rally against that's closer to the actual problem they're dealing with?

[This conversation would probably make more sense if they had an idea of the actual context of climate change. Unfortunately,]

It's a matter of ensuring survival, isn't it? An individual has less resources and power to weather a landslide versus a village, even if the disaster were of a greater scale on the greater population. There is still an exponential increase in capability within a community, but only if the community can operate cohesively.