But these predictions were about global warming, not climate change. Climate scientists say global warming causes more weather extremes, which is a clever way of saying all extremes can be blamed on global warming. The second sentence replaces global warming by climate change, and muddies the water. Until climate change predictions can explain this, Exxon are right in saying that climate change, and its effects on humanity, are too uncertain to be predictable. The distinction between global warming and climate change may be where Exxon was coming from.

Source: Forbes January 18, 2023 05:16 UTC