The inconvenient truth is nobody cares.
Not one tittle.
Not one jot.
Zilcheroony.
Nix.
Nada.
What they don’t care about is the potential effects of climate change. This has been abundantly clear since 2006 when the Stern Review Report on the Economics of Climate Change was released. It made a temporary talking point for the chatterati. It did not enter the bloodstream of debate.
I hope Robin Harding’s excellent article in yesterday’s FT* sparks debate. He argues that the economic models being used to measure the effects are knackered. He thinks as a result the World may be knackered too.
I hope it sparks debate. I doubt it will. The most we are likely to see is a grumpy riposte from Matt Ridley in the Times.
After which it will be business as usual.
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