This essay provides an overview of my perspectives on climate change and the decades of research and writing that I have done on the topic.
This early work on the flawed structure of U.S. climate research led to my first run-ins with leaders of the climate science community. I (and colleagues) were arguing that the science was plenty strong enough to support policy action, and that more attention needed to be paid to policy development and the research needed to support that development. Some climate scientists saw this as threatening to their research interests and funding.
Things are unlikely to change for the better unless the climate research community adopts a leadership role that places societal responsibility above professional self-interest.
