Climate risks should not be overstated

On a daily basis, we are inundated with terrible, irresponsible and frankly quite dangerous demagoguery like climate crisis etc.!

This is medieval scaremongering by among others highly educated people!

The reliance on computer models for projections up to the year 2100 are preposterous! We cannot even forecast weather accurately for more than 48 hours (weather and climate are very much related and of similar complexity).

Following is excerpted from a letter published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Science:

"... history also shows risks in overemphasizing the likelihood of calamity. ...
IPCC reports also overemphasize catastrophic scenarios ...
Overemphasized apocalyptic futures can be used to support despotism and rashness. For example, catastrophic and ultimately inaccurate overpopulation scenarios in the 1960s and 1970s contributed to several countries adopting forced sterilization and abortion programs, including China’s one-child policy, which caused up to 100 million coerced abortions (7), disproportionately of girls. ...

Past and present fascist and neofascist movements frequently use fears of environmental catastrophe to promote eugenics and oppose immigration and aid (8). The Sri Lankan government, concerned about pollution, rashly banned synthetic fertilizers and pesticides in 2021, contributing to an agricultural and economic crisis (9).

Climate catastrophism may be contributing to the youth mental health crisis. In a recent international youth survey, 45% reported thoughts of climate change negatively affecting their daily lives and functioning, and 40% reported being hesitant to have children (10). ..."

Catastrophic climate risks should be neither understated nor overstated | PNAS

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