Human caused climate change is real. Those of us that work in climate change have long since dealt with our doubts about it. In previous videos I shared some of my own struggles to come to grips with this. It is a big idea. The world is big and we are so small. How can the idea that we are causing climate change ever be credible?
In fact, IT IS an incredible idea, and a very scary one. Accepting it obligates us to do something. And this
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Joel Nodelman
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Joel is an engineer and risk management specialist with over forty years of professional practice.