Jan 19, 2024
Good effort to summarize a very complicated topic. Would add the following. The IPCC was an effort to create consensus and works to respond to skeptics who typically refuse to engage. Second, the Montreal Protocol illustrates the importance of the Precautionary Principle; in this instance, if Hansen is right, we will be a very high price. And third, the cost of reducing emissions has declined to the point that in most places it is cheaper than current practice.