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Countering Climate Skepticism

Ever get annoyed by denial of climate science? You know that 97%+ of climate scientists agree that climate change is human caused yet you still hear people arguing that: - “Climate has always changed” or - “But CO2 only makes up a tiny fraction of the atmosphere” And struggle to know how to counter? My name is John, a history teacher and joining me in this brand new podcast series ‘Countering Climate Skepticism’ is my old secondary school classmate Mark the climate researcher. Together we aim

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Ep18 - Q&A3 - Climate bodycount?

Countering Climate Skepticism ·

2025/06/20

Welcome back to our (very tardy) final Q&A and FINAL!! episode in this podcast series!Today we deal with a couple of outstanding listener questions. Listener Josh wants to know how many people have and will die from climate change and Rob is interested in knowing whether a carbon tax will save the day! Both very difficult questions, but thought provoking nevertheless! Since the podcast will cease to exist at the end of July, please find an archive of past episodes of the show on

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Ep17 - SUMMARY of the ENTIRE SERIES!

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2025/01/26

A lot has been covered in the past 16 episodes, so many a climate hot take (excuse the pun) has been dealt with!Surely it can't all be summarised in half an hour? Oh ye of little faith! This will be the penultimate episode of the podcast, find us on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/@CounteringClimateSkepticism TIMESTAMP AVAILABLE! SHOWNOTES - COMING UP @4.33 - Earth's atmosphere and oceans aren't as big as you might

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Ep16 - Q&A number2

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2025/01/20

APOLOGIES FOR THE SOUND ISSUES ON MARK'S SIDE! 6(b) - 'We're all doomed' part 2? Who should be held responsible for climate change? Should it be China, should it be the USA or how about Germany or the UK? Because OBVIOUSLY the entire blame/responsibility for fixing should all fall to one of them right? We're on YouTube! www.youtube.com/@CounteringClimateSkepticism TIMESTAMPS AVAILABLE! SHOWNOTES @5.40 and @14.02 - Our world in data https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions-metrics @20.35 -

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Ep15 - Ziggurat6(b) - But we're all doomed!

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2025/01/10

After a probably unforgivable 6 month cliff-hanger, we finally get round to part 2 of the sixth and final level of the ziggurat.We're doomed! Or are we? or what does doomed mean? Who's saying we're doomed? So many questions! And are we sure this is even climate change denial in the first place? Oh yes, and currently the most in vogue! TIMESTAMPS AVAILABLE SHOWNOTES - Show now on Youtube (for when the POD comes off air) www.youtube.com/@CounteringClimateSkepticism - (@5.40) Temperature

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Ep14 - Q&A number1

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2024/07/11

We asked for questions, we got them! Keep the coming! :)Today we look at 3 - How we know what the Dinosaur climate was like (@7.06) - What should governments be doing? (@17.35) - Which more important? Knowledge or behavioural change(29.53) SHOWNOTES! 3.33 - trump link 15.39 - link about zircons https://www.facebook.com/SkepticalScience/posts/pfbid0DEUQegbGwagMQuJUPyRGFDMdF6JZfkY82hr7o14DB76BN1A9xUoaEMWeqeDnSbuBl 16.37 - wikipedia link https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1240577 18.40

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Ep12 - Ziggurat 6(a) - But we can't wreck the economy!

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2024/04/29

We've now reached the apex of the ziggurat (first of a two-parter!). Everything else the denialists have thrown at us hasn't worked and now the've resorted to fear-mongering.But do they have a point? Mark and John take a look. TIMESTAMPS: AVAILABLE SOON! SHOWNOTES: @10.30 - Dieter Helm on why coordinated action between nations is a must. "This is one of the reasons (domestic carbon tax without carbon border adjustments/tariffs) why despite everything that people in Europe and the UK have been

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Ep11 - But technology will save us!

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2024/03/25

Being a techno optimist is no bad thing, but can we sit back and let the relentless march of technology save us from our selves? Listen and find out!TIMESTAMPS AVAILABLE SHOWNOTES: 14.24 - Technological invention has slowed down dramatically, scientists warn | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/new-discoveries-breakthroughs-research-latest-b2256023.html 47.00 - waste heat from fusion on

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Ep10 - Jordan Peterson, climate contrarian or merely...

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2024/02/18

This week we decided to look at some content of the famous culture warrior Jordan Peterson. With his high levels of verbal fluency it all sounds very impressive, but is it? Mark and John take a closer look.TIMESTAMPS - Available SHOWNOTES 36.35 - pie chart on various env problems https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Julian-Mcalpine/publication/275966760/figure/fig13/AS:294488397369354@1447222914141/Safe-operating-space-is-proposed-by-Rockstrom-et-al-2009-as-within-the-green-shaded.png 54.00 -

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Ep9 - But the benefits of a warming climate....

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2024/01/28

Now you heard it here first folks! A warmer world may have some benefits, but if that's what your focusing on, then what the hell is wrong with you?! you Ziggurat Denier Level 4! TIMESTAMPS - Available SHOW NOTES - Available @2.57 - daybreak climate change board game https://www.daybreakgame.org/ @7.20 - 3 min video summarising 2023 global weather https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/av/67618623 @7.40 - ‘uninsurable planet’ episode https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0h0r5kg @18.50 - Bjorn Lomborg

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Ep8 - The impacts will be minimal!

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2024/01/14

So now our denier friends have convinced themselves that climate is changing and it is us that is changing it, but guess what? Impacts will be minimal! Err what? and they were doing so well! Strap in to learn about the impacts we have already seen, those we might well see and those we sure as hell hopefully won't end up seeing and hopefully we'll demonstrate to you that this breed of deniers/skeptics are just as detached from reality as those 'climate change isn't happening' more basic

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Why so much climate denial/skepticism anyway?

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2023/12/31

The world is imperilled, yet many are STILL questioning the science. Are you in a dream? No, reality appears to be stranger than fiction. Hence the question: Why so much denial/skepticism anyway? By the end of this episode, you should have some idea! Happy new year dear listeners! TIMESTAMPS: AVAILABLE SHOWNOTES: @10.30 - Neil De Grass Tyson - Cosmos Episode 7. Clair Patterson vs Leaded petrol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clean_Room @20 - small oceans and

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Ep6 - It’s natural! Part3

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2023/12/20

Rounding off our recent 3 part series on why it is (unfortunately) us. Skeptics/denialists have a problems with the CO2 explanation, if they even admit it's increasing then they think it's insignificant. Or if it's significant then its increase is natural. There is much shifting of the goalposts, but no matter, here we explain why they're wrong, wrong and wrong again! TIMESTAMPS AVAILABLE SHOWNOTES @10.07 (click through for Methane, N20, temp and sea-level) https://www.co2levels.org/ @12.40

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Ep5 - It’s natural! Part2

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2023/12/04

You can't go very far in the world of climate denial without hearing that 'It's the sun!' or 'maybe it's volcanoes!' After today's episode you should be able to pulverise any denial arguments (arguments not the people making them!) of these sort that come your way. How very satisfying! Enjoy! TIMESTAMPS available SHOWNOTES - COMING BEFORE THE END OF TODAY @10.20 Bloomberg article What's warming the

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Ep4 - It’s natural! Part1

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2023/11/13

On to Level 2 of the ziggurat! The skeptics admit the climate is warming (How very reasonable of them), but...It isn't humanity, no of course not. Episode 1 of 3. Enjoy! TIMESTAMPS available! SHOWNOTES! @14.21 - Skeptical science https://skepticalscience.com/argument.php @26.44 - This episode uses slide 2 of the following to look at the near, middle and distant climate past: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yH83k5YuhU7sdq0adnZRRz0vsClK_izY/view @52.30, @54.33 @01.04.33 - Bloomberg

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Ep3 - The world may not be warming... - Part2

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2023/10/29

Surely no one's still arguing the world isn't warming, and even if they are, surely it can be covered in 1 podcast! Well sorry to have to break it to you but, they are, and it can't! :D :D TIMESTAMPS AVAILABLE! SHOWNOTES This episode continues to use the powerpoint: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yH83k5YuhU7sdq0adnZRRz0vsClK_izY/view @37.28 - Skeptical science https://skepticalscience.com/argument.php

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Ep2 - The world may not be warming... - Part1

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2023/10/22

Either a classic from the climate denial playbook or merely just the most boneheaded. Despite the enormous weight of evidence that the world is warming, the deniers seem to know better. Just what is it they know that the rest of us sheeple don't? EPISODE TIMESTAMPS AVAILABLE SHOWNOTES: (@35.00) IPCC data on climate https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yH83k5YuhU7sdq0adnZRRz0vsClK_izY/view?usp=sharing

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What is the ’Climate Denial Ziggurat’ in our logo?

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2023/10/15

Since we keep (or will keep) banging on about the climate denial ziggurat as a way of getting a bird's eye view on climate change denial, we thought it sensible to do a special episode on it, just so you know what we're on about. Enjoy! TIMESTAMPS AVAILABLE! SHOWNOTES! @4.00 - skeptical science https://skepticalscience.com/argument.php @5.24 - small oceans and atmospheres https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dxa8a7CaVKQUtH6YwVZ2hhBo5HLnbdcbVoVwnLoyE6A/edit?usp=sharing @20.45 - What 1-5 degrees

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Ep1 - Less than half of 0.1%!!!

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2023/10/08

Hello and welcome to our Countering Climate Skepticism podcast! We introduce ourselves, the podcast before discussing what the term 'climate', 'climate skeptic' means. We then discuss the 'climate denial ziggurat' as a way of understanding climate change denial before dealing with our 1st climate skeptic argument. Many thanks for joining us! TIMESTAMPS AVAILABLE! Shownotes: @37mins - Ziggurat 1: The climate may not be warming; 2: but if it is, this is probably due to natural variation; 3: but

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2023/10/02

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