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Climate Change: Consensus or Controversy?

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The hundreds of scientists comprising the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) maintain that there is a consensus that humans are changing the global climate. Yet many commentators in the media dispute this, and a reader of such commentaries would surely conclude that climate change is a controversy rather than a consensus. This is simply incorrect – the overwhelming majority of climate scientists accept the reality of the greenhouse effect and its impact on the current climate. The main arguments advanced by media commentators to dispute the IPCC position will be examined and rebutted.

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  • Nicholls, Neville, 2006. "Climate Change: Consensus or Controversy?," 2006 Conference (50th), February 8-10, 2006, Sydney, Australia 137791, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aare06:137791
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.137791
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