Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.
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On climate change, we often don't fully appreciate that it is a problem. We think it is a problem waiting to happen.
Climate change is such a huge issue that it requires strong, concerted, consistent and enduring action by governments.
We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.
There is no question that global warming will have a significant impact on already existing problems such as malaria, malnutrition, and water shortages. But this doesn't mean the best way to solve them is to cut carbon emissions.
I would say that, basically, global warming is a non-problem.
I have long understood that climate change is not only an environmental issue - it is a humanitarian, economic, health, and justice issue as well.
In the case of climate change, the threat is long-term and diffuse and requires broad international action for the benefit of people decades in the future. And in politics, the urgent always trumps the important, and that is what makes it a very difficult and challenging issue.
Climate change is also clearly a matter of huge interest and concern for the scientific community.
We unfortunately already live on a planet where the climate has changed and will continue to change no matter what we do now. We're playing a game of making the problem less bad rather than preventing it.
The idea that global warming is the most important problem facing the world is total nonsense and is doing a lot of harm.