Climate Change – Believe the Science  

An article in the Huffington Post reports on a recent poll – apparently only 57% of Americans think there is solid evidence that the world is getting warmer – down 20% from three years ago.This is alarming. We need to do more to make sure people – and governments – know the science behind climate change. Hence the map we commissioned from the Hadley Centre, launched at the Science Museum last week.The article argues that some of this drop is explained by people's preoccupation with economic issues. This could well be true. But it is a false dichotomy. If we don't solve the problems of climate change today; the depression of tomorrow – once the full economic effects kick in – would eclipse the current recession. Lord Stern has said that the economic effects of climate change could cost us more than two world wars and the great depression combined....