The oil industry has known, as published in Pulitzer Prize-winning "Inside Climate News" (at http://insideclimatenews.org/news/22122015/exxon-mobil-oil-industry-peer... ) they were harming the climate, the world, humanity and all nations since the 1970's.
They can be held responsible. Nationalize their assets, jail their executives. Use their assets to end the global dependence on oil and transition to 21st century renewables.