Faster pace of climate change is 'scary', former chief scientist says
Source: BBC
Faster pace of climate change is 'scary', former chief scientist says
16 September 2019
By Roger Harrabin
BBC environment analyst
16 September 2019
Extreme events linked to climate change, such as the heatwave in Europe this year, are occurring sooner than expected, an ex-chief scientist says.
Prof Sir David King says he's been scared by the number of extreme events, and he called for the UK to advance its climate targets by 10 years.
But the UN's weather chief said using words like scared could make young people depressed and anxious.
Campaigners argue that people won't act unless they feel fearful.
Speaking to the BBC, Prof King, a former chief scientific adviser to the government, said: Its appropriate to be scared. We predicted temperatures would rise, but we didnt foresee these sorts of extreme events were getting so soon.
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