He also reprised his 2009 assertion that the “so-called settled science of climate change” was “absolute crap”. Measures to deal with climate change, which Abbott said would damage the economy, were likened to “primitive people once killing goats to appease the volcano gods”. Australia failing to meet Paris targets and more renewables needed, report says Read more“At least so far,” he said, “it’s climate change policy that’s doing harm. Climate change itself is probably doing good; or at least, more good than harm.”“There’s the evidence that higher concentrations of carbon dioxide – which is a plant food after all – are actually greening the planet and helping to lift agricultural yields. But as the Earth warms and scientist better understand climate change, weather extremes have been shown to have been made more likely due to greenhouse gas pollution.

Source: The Guardian October 09, 2017 20:07 UTC