The article, of course, does not want to consider the future and the important role of fossil fuels in determining it, and therefore misses the thrust of
the current climate policy debate.
When Mark Twain wrote, «Never let the facts stand in the way of a good story,» he could have been describing Canada's
current climate policy debate.
Not exact matches
Using the example of the
current debate surrounding anthropomorphic
climate change, Thompson sought to evaluate the argument from authority through a single prism, the way in which science is handled in argumentation about public
policy.
«
Current climate change measurements mask trade - offs necessary for
policy debates.»
In the
current context, if someone were to make a copyrighted scientific study available to the public for the true and obvious purpose of engaging in the political
debate over
climate and energy
policy, then I think they'd have a chance of winning in court.
The Royal Society and the US National Academy of Sciences, with their similar missions to promote the use of science to benefit society and to inform critical
policy debates, offer this new publication as a key reference document for decision makers,
policy makers, educators, and other individuals seeking authoritative answers about the
current state of
climate change science.
The
debate among experts in the
climate sciences — and those interested in the public
policy implications of
climate change — concerns the magnitude and speed of future warming, which requires understanding of the dynamics of the many factors involved — which are investigated by analysis of past and
current climate data.