A Crash Course on Climate Change
Predictions are tough, and the stakes couldn’t be higher
To learn more about the economics of climate change mitigation, and the rising costs of inaction, check out my other article.
Are you a climate change believer or denier?
Trick question.
Like a great many subjects these days, the climate change question has become so politicized from both sides that most people have a very rudimentary understanding of it, regardless of which side they fall on. Worse still, the issue’s apparent complexity discourages most people from getting informed beyond the headlines, even if this subject is of pivotal importance, and even though we as voters hold the power to determine what actions, if any, will be taken. Without an understanding of the details, one becomes susceptible to accepting caricatured descriptions of the scientific debate as truth. My aim here is to provide a primer on climate change science, because the decisions made either way…
