The globe warmed by one point one degrees from 19 hundred to now. During that time, despite hiccups, world wars soon. Do we really think that another one and a half degrees of warming over the next century is going to significantly derail then? I don't no. And so there's an optimal pace of decarbonization which lets the temperature rise to some value, let's say, 21 hundred,. If you do it too fast, you're desruptive, and you also deploy mature technologie.
According to Steven Koonin, when it comes to climate change, the media, politicians, and other prominent voices have declared that “the science is settled.” Koonin avers that the long game of telephone from research to reports, to the popular media, is corrupted by misunderstanding and misinformation. Koonin says that core questions about the way the climate is responding to our influence, and what the impacts will be remain largely unanswered. Koonin acknowledges that the climate is changing, and he claims the whyand how aren’t as clear as you’ve probably been led to believe, and what the impacts will be remain largely unanswered.
In this engaging conversation Michael Shermer challenges Dr. Koonin with many of the most common critiques of his book, Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters, and Steven Koonin responds by drawing upon his decades of experience — including as a top science advisor to the Obama administration.