Why We Disagree About Climate Change
by Mike Hulme
He explains not only why we have disagreements about climate change but why it’s important that we have such disagreements.
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Roger Pielke Jr, Environmentalist
“The book is not an easy read – at least sections of it aren’t. But it is remarkably clear about what science can do, and what it can’t. So a great phrase of his, which I like, is ‘Science always speaks with a conditional voice.’ There are always uncertainties about science. If you ask a serious climate scientist, ‘What is going to happen?’ their answer will be hedged around with uncertainties. Hulme’s point is that, all too often, the nuances and the uncertainties of science and what’s being said about climate change are lost and all people hear is, ‘We’re going to die tomorrow!’ or that Greenland is going to melt and drown London or New York.” Read more...
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David Shukman, Journalist
