“We’d better spend our time and energy trying to fix it.”ADSeveral other Nobel winners also urged that climate change be taken seriously. The remarks came as a two-week global summit on climate change is taking place in Madrid. ADEsther Duflo, one of the Nobel economics laureates, cautioned that dealing with climate change “will require a change in behavior, particularly in the rich countries” that are heavy consumers of goods and energy. Whittingham also told the AP that he believed the climate protests would produce results. The Nobel prizes in physics, chemistry, medicine, economic and literature are being presented Tuesday in the Swedish capital.

Source: Washington Post December 07, 2019 10:25 UTC