Climate change is one of those threats, but not the only one: think of malnutrition, “ordinary” pollution, land mismanagement and so on. Susan Fitzwater: How low do the uncertainties about climate change have to be before we decide to do something about possible adverse effects? What bothers me is, the standards for “doing something about climate change” seem to be so much higher than the standards we use for risk management in other parts of our lives. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyHi Susan,As with my answer to Len, you’ll get no argument from me. A decade ago we were plowing money into ethanol subsidies as one response to climate change.

Source: New York Times May 01, 2017 23:53 UTC