Sunday, February 8, 2015

My Life as a Climate Lukewarmer - Matt Ridley

Matt Ridley for The Australian 20/01/2015

The polarisation of the climate debate has gone too far.

I am a climate lukewarmer. That means I think recent global warming is real, mostly man-made and will continue but I no longer think it is likely to be dangerous and I think its slow and erratic progress so far is what we should expect in the future. That last year was the warmest yet, in some data sets, but only by a smidgen more than 2005, is precisely in line with such lukewarm thinking.