Stop telling kids they’ll die from climate change (2021)
I&#x27;ll say two things that will be controversial.  But first, just want to be clear: global warming is real; human caused; and will have negative effects on many parts of the world.<p>1) We are not heading for &quot;the end of the world&quot;.  There are lots of projections of what things can go wrong.  But the climate changes slowly, we are becoming richer and we&#x27;ll adapt.  <i>Also</i> a lot of what is reported is on &quot;worst case&quot; (or things might get <i>as bad as</i> so-and-so) that are often based on CO2 projections that have almost no chance of coming true.<p>2) Even if you disagree with #1: we are already on our way to solving the problem.  We will still have warming, for sure.  But we will likely be at or near the <i>goals</i> we&#x27;ve set for end of century.  Tech is improving: we are deploying solar, wind and (suddenly) more nuclear; electric cars; heat pumps; and so on.  We <i>will</i> eventually run out of fossil fuels.  And, population growth is slowing faster than anyone predicted.<p>Yes, we should be vigilant and continue to try to reduce CO2 emissions.  But the idea that &quot;we&#x27;re all gonna die!&quot; -- or anything close to it -- is wrong.  And it&#x27;s not supported by the science <i>at all</i>.