Commentary
How urgent is climate change? This is the most important question that decision-makers in industry and government need to ask. We cannot decide what risk is worth taking unless we know what risk we are avoiding.
Yet this is one question that is seldom discussed.
Frequently we debate what is the most effective response to climate change—is it nuclear or renewables? Is it batteries or biofuels? Or, from the most radical minds, is it depopulation?
But we no longer dare to debate whether a response is really warranted and whether greenhouse gas reduction should be prioritised compared to more immediate issues….