fact-checking the administration's response to the national climate assessment

fact-checking the administration’s response to the national climate assessment

KATHARINE HAYHOE November 27, 2018 Comments Off Climate Change, Impacts, Policy, Science

Trump’s Comments on Climate Change Report Debunked by Scientist Who Wrote It

Image: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration A scientist and author of the 1,600-page climate change report quietly released last Friday is debunking claims made by President Donald Trump who declared he’d “read some of” the report before saying, “I don’t believe it.”

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KATHARINE HAYHOE

I’m an atmospheric scientist. I study climate change, one of the most pressing issues we face today. I don’t accept global warming on faith: I crunch the data, I analyze the models, I help engineers and city managers and ecologists quantify the impacts. The data tells us the planet is warming; the science is clear that humans are responsible; the impacts we’re seeing today are already serious; and our future is in our hands. As John Holdren once said, “We basically have three choices: mitigation, adaptation, and suffering. We’re going to do some of each. The question is what the mix is going to be. The more mitigation we do, the less adaptation will be required, and the less suffering there will be.”

Trump’s Comments on Climate Change Report Debunked by Scientist Who Wrote It

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