Climate risk skepticism is skepticism about arguments regarding at least one of the following:

• Climate change poses a catastrophic or existential risk.

• Decreasing greenhouse gas emissions at the margin is optimal to improve global health and development and boost economic growth.

Further reading

John Halstead’s report on climate change and longtermism.

David Thorstad’s series on exaggerating climate risk.

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