The phrase
"debate about climate change" refers to a discussion or argument regarding the issue of climate change and its impact on our planet.
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We — a growing number of volunteers and coalition members — are raising
public debate about climate change and taking responsibility into our own hands, right here in our own city.
Bringing together some of the world's foremost economic experts to contribute to the
global debate about climate change and economic policy, and to inform government, business and investment decisions.
«Too often
in debates about climate change risk, the starting point is a presumption that only global warming in excess of 2 °C represents a threat to humanity,» says climate scientist Michael Mann of Pennsylvania State University, College Park.
Dr. Wie - Hock «Willie» Soon of the Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics addressed a gathering of the American Freedom Alliance on Thursday night at the Luxe Hotel, describing the current state
of debate about climate change as «spitting science in the face» and «treating science like a piece of rubbish.
«Too often in
debates about climate change risk, the starting point is a presumption that only global warming in excess of 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) represents a threat to humanity,» said Michael Mann, a Pennsylvania State University climate scientist who was not involved in the study.
«These papers are very relevant to the
current debate about climate change policy and the extent to which the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change should be reorganised to meet the new challenges.
This group, often termed climate change skeptics, contrarians, or deniers, has received large amounts of media attention and wields significant influence in the
societal debate about climate change impacts and policy (7, 9 — 14).
Four mixed - media paintings come from a series Smith began in the early»90s that recalls her father's stories of older Native Americans who survived colonial violence, while sculptural work framed by a canoe refers to the
ongoing debates about climate change that persist today.
This group, often termed climate change skeptics, contrarians, or deniers, has received large amounts of media attention and wields significant influence in the societal
debate about climate change impacts and policy (7, 9 - 14).
When lawmakers began a
heated debate about climate change legislation in 2008, electric utilities Southern Co. and Pacific Gas and Electric Co. spent tens of millions on lobbying efforts.
It's probably conservatives trying to seize the attack ground in view of a possible
pending debate about climate change in Washington, but the chorus of denialist opinion is so coordinated and their «logic» so simple it is convincing many, even among educated people (science PhDs) who can not be bothered to look deep into things but try to form an opinion based on a few journalistic pieces.
Since leaving Tyndall — and as we found out in a telephone interview — he has come out of the climate change closet as an outspoken critic of such sacred cows as the UN's IPCC, the «consensus», the over-emphasis on scientific evidence in
political debates about climate change, and to defend the rights of so - called «deniers» to contribute to those debates...
With wisdom, wit and winsome writing, he shows us that
debates about climate change turn out to be disputes about ourselves - our hopes, our fears, our aspirations, our identity.
We concluded that the three digital players were beneficial for
public debate about climate change, as they had found new ways of covering the «old», sometimes boring, often remote, theme of climate change.
Although
current debates about climate change, evolution, and vaccines may suggest otherwise, trust in science has remained relatively constant over the decades, pointed out Yves Gingras, a historian and sociologist of science from the University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada.
The op - ed favorably cited by Mike Mann says this explcitly, «That means we need to clearly say there is no
scientific debate about climate change — and instead shift the conversation to next steps... Those of us who write opinion need to press for public - policy action, steps that move us as a planet forward.
«Too often in
debates about climate change risk, the starting point is a presumption that only global warming in excess of 2 °C represents a threat to humanity,» says climate scientist Michael Mann of Pennsylvania State University, College Park.
This is a call for researchers in different nations to investigate how national
debates about climate change policies have expressly considered or not ethics and justice issues in formulating climate policies.
Nonetheless
the debate about climate change crosses national borders so I believe I can still contribute a useful answer on one of your points.