Episode 190: Judith Curry and the Consequences of Climate Alarmism
About this episode
Dr. Judith Curry discusses the consequences of climate alarmism and the findings of a recent Climate Assessment Report.
Dr. Judith Curry, a climatologist known for her criticism of alarmist, doomsday rhetoric about climate change, returns to STEM-Talk for her second appearance. Judy most recently was one of five researchers commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy to draft a Climate Assessment Report summarizing the current state of climate science with a focus on how it relates to the United States. In this interview, Judy summarizes the climate report’s key points, including the finding that that carbon-dioxide induced warming of the planet appears to be less damaging economically than has been commonly believed. The report, which was released this past summer, also argues that aggressive mitigation strategies for carbon dioxide emissions could be more harmful than helpful. Our interview comes on the heels of the prestigious journal Nature retracting a study that predicted climate change and carbon emissions would cause catastrophic economic damage by the end of the century. Our conversation with Judy also followed an about-face from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who wrote last fall that it’s time to tamp down the alarmist rhetoric that climate change will lead to humanity’s demise…
Topics covered
- climate change
- climate science
- economic impact
- alarmism
- carbon dioxide
Keywords
- Climate Assessment Report
- economic damage
- mitigation strategies
- Nature journal
- Bill Gates
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