The five-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade

What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different planet.

In view of the immense power of natural weather and climate fluctuations and the great buffering capacity of the Earth, especially the ocean, it is easy to be skeptical about whether small anthropogenic changes of atmospheric composition can have important practical impacts.

Global warming has already triggered a sea level rise that could reach from 6 metres (19.69 ft) to 25 metres (27.34 yards).

Burning all the fossil fuels will destroy the planet we know, Creation, the planet of stable climate in which civilization developed.

Policy decisions on climate change are being deliberated every day by those without full knowledge of the science, and often with intentional misinformation spawned by special interests.

Interference with communications of science to the public has been greater during the current administration than at any time in my career.