I was skeptic until I studied the history of the subject. It's a sad state. Nobody would expect to study lets say material science from historical perspective.

I was skeptic until I studied the history of the subject. It's a sad state. Nobody would expect to study lets say material science from historical perspective. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_science#First_calculations_of_human-induced_climate_change.2C_1896 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_scie... There could be some major breakthroughs since 1970, but the whole shebang is so polarized, that I would not know that to believe. From policy point of view human emotions have to be taken to account. Motivations for denialism are often either "nah, it doesn't matter" or alternatively "They say we all die! I don't want to believe that." I was in the latter camp. Prehistoric events show us that climate change is probably not the end of humanity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleocene%E2%80%93Eocene_Thermal_Maximum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleocene%E2%80%93Eocene_Therm... And on the other hand ask any farmer how he feels about unpredictable weather. Agriculture is completely based on predictable seasons. It's very likely that combating climate change could save millions of lives.