Category Archives: Policy

Climate is everything

Posted on May 2, 2021 by curryja | 244 comments

by Judith Curry

. . . according to the cover story of April 26 issue of Time Magazine. How have we have fooled ourselves into thinking that manmade climate change is the dominant cause of societal problems?

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Posted in Policy, Uncategorized

Uncomfortable knowledge

Posted on March 3, 2021 by curryja | 197 comments

by Judith Curry

On the misuse of science and scientific authority.

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197 Comments

Posted in Policy, Sociology of science, Uncertainty

Road to Climate Neutrality

Posted on February 8, 2021 by curryja | 191 comments

by Judith Curry

Spatial Requirements of Wind/Solar and Nuclear Energy and Their Respective Costs

“In addition to the energy sector, the climate debate also needs a transition. From ideology and wishful thinking, to facts, figures and rationality.”

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191 Comments

Posted in Energy, Policy

Interview: Climate Change – A Different Perspective with Judith Curry

Posted on January 30, 2021 by curryja | 374 comments

by Judith Curry

My recent interview on the Strong and Free podcast.

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Posted in Policy, Politics

The blame game

Posted on December 7, 2020 by curryja | 734 comments

by Judith Curry

How the ‘blame game’ gets in the way of solving complex societal problems.

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734 Comments

Posted in Energy, Policy, Politics

Apocalypse Never and False Alarm

Posted on July 24, 2020 by curryja | 125 comments

by Judith Curry

Two important new books to discuss.

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Posted in Climate change impacts, Policy

Economic impact of energy consumption change caused by global warming

Posted on February 8, 2020 by curryja | 161 comments

by Peter Lang and Ken Gregory

A new paper ‘Economic impact of energy consumption change caused by global warming’ finds global warming may be beneficial.

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Posted in Climate change impacts, Policy

Why the CO2 reduction pathways are too stringent

Posted on January 8, 2020 by curryja | 303 comments

by Jacques Hagoort

Why the IPCC carbon budgets in SR1.5 are over conservative, and the CO2 reduction pathways are too stringent.

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Posted in Policy

Madrid

Posted on December 2, 2019 by curryja | 432 comments

by Judith Curry

The UN Climate Change Conference this week in Madrid provides an important opportunity to reflect on state of the public debate surrounding climate change.

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432 Comments

Posted in Policy, Politics

Climate ‘limits’ and timelines

Posted on October 16, 2019 by curryja | 126 comments

by Judith Curry

Some thoughts in response to a query from a reporter.

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Posted in Policy

Hearing on climate change and natural disasters: Today

Posted on June 25, 2019 by curryja | 144 comments

by Judith Curry

The House Oversight and Reform Environmental Subcommittee in a Hearing on Recovery, Resilience and Readiness – Contending with Natural Disasters in the Wake of Climate Change begins at 2 pm EDT.

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Posted in Climate change impacts, Policy

Hearing on climate change & extreme weather

Posted on June 23, 2019 by curryja | 85 comments

by Judith Curry

On Tuesday June 25, I will be testifying before the House Oversight and Reform Environmental Subcommittee in a Hearing on Recovery, Resilience and Readiness – Contending with Natural Disasters in the Wake of Climate Change.

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Posted in Climate change impacts, Policy

Climate’s uncertainty principle

Posted on May 6, 2019 by curryja | 223 comments

by Garth Paltridge

On the costs and benefits of climate action.

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223 Comments

Posted in Policy, Uncertainty

Four fronts for climate policy

Posted on March 25, 2019 by curryja | 102 comments

by Judith Curry

“For decades, scientists and policymakers have framed the climate-policy debate in a simple way: scientists analyse long-term goals, and policymakers pretend to honour them. Those days are over. Serious climate policy must focus more on the near-term and on feasibility.” – Y. Xu, V. Ramanathan, D. Victor

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Posted in Policy

Climate hypochondria and tribalism vs. ‘winning’

Posted on February 7, 2019 by curryja | 391 comments

by Judith Curry

Some reactions from Wednesday’s Congressional testimony.

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391 Comments

Posted in Policy, Sociology of science

Hearing – Climate Change: The Impacts and the Need to Act

Posted on February 6, 2019 by curryja | 113 comments

by Judith Curry

The House Natural Resources Committee Hearing on Climate Change will be livestreamed on their Facebook page.

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Posted in Policy

Congressional hearings

Posted on February 5, 2019 by curryja | 52 comments

by Judith Curry

I will be testifying on Wed in the House Natural Resources Hearing on Climate change.

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Posted in Policy

Climate uncertainty & risk

Posted on July 8, 2018 by curryja | 537 comments

by Judith Curry

I’ve been invited to write an article on climate uncertainty and risk.

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537 Comments

Posted in climate models, Policy, Uncertainty

Hearing on Using Technology to Address Climate Change

Posted on May 16, 2018 by curryja | 127 comments

by Judith Curry

The House Committee on Science, Space & Technology Hearing on Using Technology to Address Climate Change is about to begin.

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Posted in Policy

A veneer of certainty stoking climate alarm

Posted on November 29, 2017 by curryja | 321 comments

by Judith Curry

In private, climate scientists are much less certain than they tell the public. – Rupert Darwall

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321 Comments

Posted in Policy, Sociology of science, Uncertainty

The coming global demographic imbalance

Posted on November 14, 2017 by curryja | 129 comments

by Judith Curry

National security implications of the rapidly changing global population dynamic.

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129 Comments

Posted in Policy

Framing the challenge for the climate red team

Posted on July 9, 2017 by curryja | 298 comments

by Judith Curry

There is an opportunity to steer the proposed red team exercise in a useful direction. The first step is to frame the problem to be addressed.

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298 Comments

Posted in Policy, Sociology of science

What is red teaming?

Posted on July 3, 2017 by curryja | 330 comments

by Judith Curry

Last week, Scott Pruitt, EPA Administrator, stated he intended to form a ‘red team’ to debate climate science. What exactly is ‘red teaming’, and how can this be implemented in a way that is useful for climate science and for policy makers?

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Posted in Policy, Sociology of science

National Climate Assessment and the Trump administration

Posted on June 21, 2017 by curryja | 352 comments

The National Climate Assessment must be redirected or terminated

by Patrick J. Michaels

Periodic National Assessments of the effects of climate change on the U.S. are mandated by the 1990 Global Change Research Act. The next Assessment Report is scheduled to be published in late 2018.

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Posted in Policy, Sociology of science