Sentences with phrase «climate bet offer»

Not exact matches

We offered the bet at the time as we were concerned that the failed forecasts would in the end cast a shadow on the credibility of climate science as a whole, so we felt a need to emphasise that other climate scientists disagreed with these forecasts.

These critiques were framed as a bet to see whether the authors were serious about their predictions, similar in conception to other bets that have been offered on climate related matters.

The IEA estimates that in this scenario there is only a 6 per cent chance of keeping temperature rises to an average 2C (the level at which scientists say offer an even bet at limiting the impact of climate change).

My bet is on modern climate history, which I believe offers us a much clearer crystal ball into our future than climate modeling.

«Given the weakening evidence for severe global warming and the counterproductive consequences of climate policies, surely increased economic growth offers the better bet for adaptation to whatever change in our climate may lie ahead.»

Meanwhile six climate scientists offered on Thursday to bet 5,000 euros ($ 7,730) that the Nature article's forecast of cooling or no warming globally from 2000 - 2015 was wrong.