Tag Archives: Climate debate

Depolarising the debate?

Posted on November 7, 2019 by ...and Then There's Physics

I’ve always been a little puzzled by the (mostly) social scientists who seem to argue that to develop effective climate policy we should stop using labels, be depolarizing the debate, and should prioritise civil disagreements. It’s not that I object … Continue reading →

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Civility

Posted on October 27, 2017 by ...and Then There's Physics

A recent discussion has led me to think a bit more about civility. This was partly motivated by my own intention to maintain it when I started this blog (which didn’t always succeed) and by the other party being someone … Continue reading →

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Manichean paranoia

Posted on August 5, 2017 by ...and Then There's Physics

Some have encouraged me to watch Roger Pielke Jr’s presentation on Climate politics as a manichean paranoia, and I have now done so (slides here, and I’ll post the video at the end of the post.). Manichean paranoia refers to … Continue reading →

Posted in ClimateBall, Global warming, IPCC, Policy, Roger Pielke Jr, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | 302 Comments

The middle ground

Posted on October 24, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

Matt Ridley has been complaining about the frantic polarising on Twitter since his talk. When it was pointed out that frantic polarising is a euphemism for ‘lots of people disagree with my argument’, he responded with no it’s not. I … Continue reading →

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Another 97%

Posted on October 23, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

In a previous post I mentioned that Richard Tol had published a paper on the structure of the climate debate. As I said in that post, the paper appears to be trying to portray the author as part of some … Continue reading →

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The Royal Society and the GWPF

Posted on October 15, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

A couple of weeks ago, it came out that the Royal Society had hired space for an event being run by the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). The event turns out to be a lecture by Matt Ridley, who I … Continue reading →

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Climateball(TM): re-energised

Posted on October 27, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

Apart from writing some blog posts here (and thanks to MT and others, I’ve had to write fewer than normal) I’ve largely been staying out of the whole online climate debate; ignoring the ClimateballTM mantra that the only losing move … Continue reading →

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I’m back…sort of

Posted on July 9, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

I’m back from my conference, and – I have to say – I thoroughly enjoyed being away, not blogging and not Twittering (well, not much). One problem is that I enjoyed it so much, I really want to try and … Continue reading →

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Polemics

Posted on March 24, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

I stayed up last night and watched the South Africa – New Zealand semi-final at the cricket world cup. I really shouldn’t have, as I really am now too old to do an all-nighter, and we lost. However, I also … Continue reading →

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Just some things

Posted on May 22, 2014 by ...and Then There's Physics

I haven’t written anything for a while. Partly I’ve been rather busy with other things, and partly I’m just going through another phase of just wondering about what the whole point is. The whole climate debate seems so polarised, that … Continue reading →

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