I was skeptic until I studied the history of the subject. It&#x27;s a sad state. Nobody would expect to study lets say material science from historical perspective.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;History_of_climate_change_science#First_calculations_of_human-induced_climate_change.2C_1896" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;History_of_climate_change_scie...</a><p>There could be some major breakthroughs since 1970, but the whole shebang is so polarized, that I would not know that to believe.<p>From policy point of view human emotions have to be taken to account. Motivations for denialism are often either &quot;nah, it doesn&#x27;t matter&quot; or alternatively &quot;They say we all die! I don&#x27;t want to believe that.&quot; I was in the latter camp.<p>Prehistoric events show us that climate change is probably not the end of humanity.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Paleocene%E2%80%93Eocene_Thermal_Maximum" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Paleocene%E2%80%93Eocene_Therm...</a><p>And on the other hand ask any farmer how he feels about unpredictable weather. Agriculture is completely based on predictable seasons. It&#x27;s very likely that combating climate change could save millions of lives.