Michael Shellenberger’s apology for climate alarmism

Michael Shellenberger caused a mini-storm amongst climate campaigners and scientists. He said: “On behalf of environmentalists everywhere, I apologise for the climate scare we created over the last 30 years.” Sceptics are ecstatic. Campaigners are livid. What’s it all about? Let’s have a look.

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References

Shellenberger article
https://environmentalprogress.org/big-news/2020/6/29/on-behalf-of-environmentalists-i-apologize-for-the-climate-scare

Shellenberger’s slide deck, supporting his various scientific statements
https://environmentalprogress.org/apocalypse-never-slide-deck

Climate Feedback article
https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/article-by-michael-shellenberger-mixes-accurate-and-inaccurate-claims-in-support-of-a-misleading-and-overly-simplistic-argumentation-about-climate-change/

First chapter of Shellenberger’s book, published on Quillette
https://quillette.com/2020/07/08/why-i-believe-climate-change-is-not-the-end-of-the-world/

Paper on 6th mass extinction
https://www.pnas.org/content/114/30/E6089

IPBES 2018 report
https://ipbes.net/sites/default/files/2018_ldr_full_report_book_v4_pages.pdf

Atlantic article on why we’re not in the 6th mass extinction
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/06/the-ends-of-the-world/529545/

Economic costs of Hurricane Harvey attributable to climate change
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-020-02692-8

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