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#403 - Richard Betts - Why Is Climate Science So Disputed?

Nov 27, 2021

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Is There a Price That Needs to Be Paid?

02:39

Climate Change

01:36

I'd Be Surprised if We Could Do It Without Nuclear Energy

01:56

Introduction

4min

The Inter Government Panel on Climate Change

2min

Climate Change

2min

Weather Forecasting

2min

What's Happening With C O Two?

4min

The C O Two Rises Are Man Made

2min

Climate Change

2min

Climate Models - How Do They Work?

3min

Weather Stations in Certain Areas

2min

10.

What Happens if We Keep Warming Below Three Degrees?

2min

11.

The Greenland Ice Sheet and the Amazon Rainforest Tipping Point

3min

12.

Climate Conservation

4min

13.

Is There a Price That Needs to Be Paid?

3min

14.

The Other Effects of a Quality

3min

15.

Climate Change

3min

16.

Cop 26 - What's Your Synopsis?

2min

17.

What's the Mechanism of Enforcement of Climate Change?

2min

18.

Is There a War on Climate Change?

2min

19.

Is China the Largest Contributor of CO2?

3min

20.

Climate Change

2min

21.

Climate Action

3min

22.

Cycle Lanes - What's Missing?

4min

23.

I'd Be Surprised if We Could Do It Without Nuclear Energy

2min

24.

Is There a Climate Action Plan for Nuclear Energy?

4min

Richard Betts MBE is Head of the Climate Impacts strategic area at the MET Office, the lead author on several reports from the IPCC and a Professor at the University of Exeter.

There are few areas of science as contested as the climate. I wanted to speak to someone who has been researching this area for more than 3 decades to discover out why there is so much disagreement over fundamental questions like whether the earth's warming is actually caused by humans? Can we stop it? How accurate are climate models? Should we switch to renewables? What does Richard think of Extinction Rebellion? How much are China to blame? And much more...

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