Judith Curry Quotes

“Activist scientists and the media quickly seize upon each extreme weather event as having the fingerprints of manmade climate change — ignoring the analyses of more sober scientists showing periods of even more extreme weather in the first half of the 20th century, when fossil fuel emissions were much smaller.”

“Climate change — manmade and/or natural — along with extreme weather events, provide reasons for concern.

However, the rhetoric and politics of climate change have become absolutely toxic and nonsensical.”

“Crop yields continue to increase globally, surpassing what is needed to feed the world. Agricultural technology matters more than climate.”

“Don’t believe the hype that you are hearing from Extinction Rebellion and the like.

Rather than going on strike or just worrying, take the time to learn something about the science of climate change.”

“Over the past century, there has been a 99% decline in the death toll from natural disasters, during the same period that the global population quadrupled.”

“Societal prosperity is the best insurance policy that we have for reducing our vulnerability to the vagaries of weather and climate.”

“The proportion of world population living in extreme poverty declined from 36% in 1990 to 10% in 2015.”

“We have been told that the science of climate change is ‘settled’. However, in climate science there has been a tension between the drive towards a scientific ‘consensus’ to support policy making, versus exploratory research that pushes forward the knowledge frontier.

Climate science is characterized by a rapidly evolving knowledge base and disagreement among experts. Predictions of 21st century climate change are characterized by deep uncertainty.”

“We still don’t have a realistic assessment of how a warmer climate will impact us and whether it is ‘dangerous’.

e don’t have a good understanding of how warming will influence future extreme weather events.

Land use and exploitation by humans is a far bigger issue than climate change for species extinction and ecosystem health.”

“While the IPCC has estimated that sea level could rise by 0.6 meters by 2100, recall that the Netherlands adapted to living below sea level 400 years ago.”

“Why are we so worried about climate change? The concern over climate change is not so much about the warming that has occurred over the past century.

Rather, the concern is about what might happen in the 21st century as a result of increasing fossil fuel emissions. Emphasis on ‘might’.”