Time for climate change skeptics to admit science has won

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riting on The New Daily, the Money Editor, James Fernyhough (pictured), has said it is time for climate skeptics to admit defeat.

He said they had done a “sterling job” of dismissing the issue, but now it was time for those skeptics to graciously admit the better science won.

Despite overwhelming scientific consensus, they and their small band of highly-paid intellectuals have managed to persuade a vast swathe of Australians that global warming is a left-wing conspiracy.

Turning a lot of nerdy scientists into politically ferocious agitators is quite an achievement, so hats off to them.

But it looks as though the sceptics are losing the battle. According to a Lowy Institute poll released on Tuesday, Australians are increasingly taking global warming seriously … again.

The poll found 90 per cent of Australians believe global warming is a concern, 50 per cent believe it is “a serious and pressing problem” that requires action regardless of the cost, and 63 per cent believe we should take significant steps now to reduce our carbon emissions.

Read Fernyhough’s story - “Why it’s time for climate sceptics to face facts”.