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What we should do about climate change.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
SIR: With regard to climate change and the IPCC, Ray Evans (March 2008) is sceptical and Chris Cuthbert (Letters, April 2008) is a believer in the IPCC report. And, indeed, those of us who are not scientists have a hard time deciding whose information to trust.
Luckily, Bjorn Lomborg, in his book Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming, draws the two points of view together from a purely practical perspective. For Lomborg--himself a believer--points out convincingly that no matter what your belief regarding climate change, the sensible policy to adopt is the same--namely to utilise resources to adapt to climate change rather than attempt to prevent it.
Let me emphasise this idea so that there is no misunderstanding. Even if you believe it to be true that climate change is adverse, and caused by human activity, and possible to be ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, What we should do about climate change.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)