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Canavan dismissed such statements as hyperbolic and unsubstantiated. He joked that his children might be delighted with fewer vegetables, but essentially called these warnings “Chicken Little” style scare tactics. Furthermore, Canavan exposed a contradiction in Steel’s stance: prior to his UN role, Steel worked as a parliamentarian in Granada, where he helped promote legislation incentivizing oil and gas investments—fossil fuels that contribute to climate change. This hypocrisy, he argued, called into question the credibility of climate alarmists.