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08 September, 2017

What lies beneath? The scientific understatement of climate risks

David Spratt.
Ian Dunlop.
Three decades ago, when serious debate on human-induced climate change began at the global level, a great deal of statesmanship was on display. 

There was a preparedness to recognise that this was an issue transcending nation states, ideologies and political parties which had to be addressed proactively in the long-term interests of humanity as a whole, even if the existential nature of the risk it posed was far less clear cut than it is today.