political identity. A recent Pew Research study found that Democrats are more than three times as likely as Republicans to say that dealing with climate change should be a top priority. And yet, if you ask people, independent of party affiliation, for their views on climate change and why they believe what they believe, most of them will struggle to give you a coherent answer. Very few people, and this goes for politicians, journalists, and even academics, have actually read the reports put out by organizations like the IPCC and others responsible for doing the actual research that we all cite when we talk about, quote, the science. And I am as guilty on this as anyone. After all, why would I want to spend a minute of my time learning about exactly why we are so screwed? Or how exactly we've destroyed the planet and, quote, broken the climate? I've read all the headlines. Climate catastrophe, climate disaster, the earth is burning. But how true is that exactly? Are we really facing a (2/57)
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