Posted on 04/27/2021 5:05:56 PM PDT by Libloather
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Widespread mistrust of science and disputes over basic facts, tied to growing political polarisation and disinformation campaigns, are undermining efforts to tackle climate change globally, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry warned.
During a virtual summit organised by the Nobel Foundation and major science academies this week, Kerry said building greater public understanding and agreement on the world's "existential" challenges was crucial to addressing them.
"We have to establish a baseline of truth or we can’t build consensus in a democracy," he said.
"Paid-for denial" about climate change by big polluters and political disregard by some governments of scientific warnings about COVID-19 risks are "costing us enormously", he added.
Kerry said achieving climate goals fast enough amounted to "a moonshot on steroids" - and called on scientists to help communicate to the public the urgent need for swift action.
"Scientists want to avoid the fray - but we are in a war against denial," he said. "I think we have to fight back, and I think scientists have to be at the front of that fight."
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, global emissions from fossil fuel use are still on an upward trajectory, even as scientists say they need to fall by half within just nine years to prevent the worst impacts of climate change.
The rise in emissions is happening even though renewables like solar are now the cheapest form of new energy in two-thirds of the world - and likely to be the cheapest almost everywhere within five years, said former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.
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Did we move the end of the world to 2031?
Its all over
Doesnt matter what we do
Kerry is just stirring the government grant pot so he can catch some of it in his back pocket. It is insurance money for possible legal fees.
Algore said 2005 was the end. Or the beginning or whatever.
The government money to promote the “climate crisis” far outnumbers the skeptic’s, yet the skeptics still sound more “scientific”.
If science only lets you hear one side, that isn’t science.
Perfect, a lifelong anti-American traitor is now the Communist Climate Czar.
(Hey Bolt Neck, where is your SF 180?)
Shouldn’t John Kerry do what he does best, telling Iran ALL of our secrets and stabbing Israel in the back..I mean its what he does best
How about calling on giving secrets to the enemy denial?
Science can speak authoritatively only about what is and what was in the past if it was adequately measured with standardized calibrated tools. Everything further in the past and everything in the future is pure conjecture and theory. Some theories may have stronger scientific bases but it is still theory.
“We have to establish a baseline of truth or we can’t build consensus in a democracy,” he said.
Now that he mentions it, how’s that filing for treason charges against Kerry going? About finished, is it?
Word salad Kerry “We have to establish a baseline of truth or we can’t build consensus in a democracy,”
The number one way of fighting “Climate Change Denial” is to tell the full and honest truth about the entire “Climate Cabal”. Since this has been ruled out by Kerry from the start, why would anyone listen to this fraud?
Didn’t he serve in Vietnam?
Perhaps this being your ANNUAL BEEF RATION has something to do with the "polarization." Or is this "disinformation," too"
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Politics and truth do not mix. Politics is not a war of ideas, but a war of interests. Like all wars, the first casualty is the truth.
They have the votes in the cities to enact all the green new deals they want, where they live, but they want an outside enemy to demonize and blame why they can't do it. They should ignore the voters that produce all their food, power, concrete, and steel, and get on with their self-destruction.
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