“It’s a sea change to have this kind of attention on climate change,” Symons said. Whatever unfolds Thursday evening, it is difficult to imagine that climate change will fade again anytime soon as an issue in presidential contests. ADAD“There’s no turning back,” Symons said, “because climate change isn’t going away.”Here are several key facts to know about climate change ahead of Thursday’s debate:Human activity and global warmingThere is a broad scientific consensus that human activities, including the burning of fossil fuels, are a major driver of climate change. How much are global sea levels rising because of climate change? I mean, it’s a moneymaking industry, okay?”One of Trump’s clearest statements on climate change came in a November 2018 interview with The Washington Post, in which he dismissed the federal government’s own National Climate Assessment that called climate change a severe threat to the nation’s health, financial security, infrastructure and natural resources.

Source: Washington Post October 22, 2020 13:29 UTC