The complexity of any complex system is not understood with anything like certainty. And as a result, that leads to two things: discomfort and some he tion to lie. In an economic sense, i think in climbate to express that certainty out of either promotion, self promotion, or a better, slightly more attractive motive. That's absolutely right. As happens in almost every area of economics. We just don't know. People make a lot of money by making believe that they know,. By selling forecasts and making e that they know, but they don't ees.
Economist Robert Pindyck of MIT talks about his book, Climate Future, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Pindyck lays out what we know and do not know about climate change. He argues that because of the nature of greenhouse gases, adaptation must be part of the policy response to climate change.