the state of the climate debate

Judith Curry has for a long time made more sense to me than most others on this still contentious issue.

• her slides for a debate she is having with Michael Mann, David Titley and Patrick Moore.
• her blog about those slides

Implications:
LHS: Climate can be controlled by controlling atmospheric CO2
RHS: Earth's climate is largely uncontrollable

BEST SOLUTION

Climate pragmatism has 3 pillars:

• Accelerate energy innovation
• Build resilience to extreme weather
• No regrets pollution reduction

These policies provide near-term socioeconomic & environmental benefits and have justifications independent of climate mitigation & adaptation

These are no regrets policies that do not require agreement about climate science or the risks of uncontrolled greenhouse gases