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The Climate Web 10/5/2026
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T - People and Organizations
T - CC Decisionmaking
US Government
Sandia National Labs
Backus, George - Risk Expert
2021 Backus_Climate Risk and Response Too much and too little
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2021 Backus_Climate Risk and Response Too much and too little
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Governments have a moral obligation to prepare for the consequences of not adequately mitigating climate change
The authors recognize that aggregating the globe into two regions is a huge simplification
The climate conversation has evolved substantially over time
The IPCC’s use of “confidence” and “likelihood” can be misleading
The possibility of a falling population could complicated mitigation
The study does not consider carbon neutral biofuels or hydrogen use
The world sand shortage is material
There’s a reason the study does not use CMIP6 data
Transmission will be a big and expensive variable
We can’t understand complex problems without a causal simulation model
Womens fertility and its relationship to conflict remains a wildcard