Thursday 11 October 2018
Kevin Anderson's radical response to IPCC (online)
Professor Kevin Anderson responds to the IPCC report
The UK's foremost radical expert gives his response, and his challenge: 'The responsibility for global emissions is heavily skewed towards the
lifestyles of a relatively few high emitters. Almost 50% of global carbon emissions arise from
the activities of around 10% of the global population, increasing to
70% of emissions from just 20% of citizens. Impose a limit on the
per-capita carbon footprint of the top 10% of global emitters,
equivalent to that of an average European citizen, and global emissions
could be reduced by one third in a year or two.'
Looks good to me! I am down for that ...
ReplyDeleteOne of the problem with climate scientists is that most of them have little idea how to sell their ideas. They are climate scientists, not psychologists, or advertising people. Humans are story-telling animals primarily, usually stories come first facts come second. Much as I admire Kevin's work I can't imagine many people in the developed world voting for his proposal until after it's too late. In The Times on 10.10.2018 Danny Finkelstein makes the point that if you want to persuade law-makers or the general population you must give them solutions to climate change that seem relatively easy to do and that fit in with their political beliefs ie for the right you have to say how the business opportunities. I can't remember what he said for the left.
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