Sceptical Questions and the Scientific Answers

Scientists have developed a vast body of knowledge about the processes, causes and consequences of global warming and the more general issue of climate change through time. In addition, social scientists and economists have modelled its possible impact on the economy and our everyday lives.

Yet a strong current of doubt persists in our society about whether recent global warming is real, if it is all really as bad as people make out, whether we can or should do something about it. As our window of opportunity to choose to respond effectively to climate change narrows, the inaction caused by such doubt is increasingly perilous to future generations.

In this series of six free lectures designed for the general public, Professor Barry Brook, the Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of Climate Change and Director of the Research Institute for Climate Change and Sustainability at the University of Adelaide, will provide a balanced assessment of the scientific answers to a host of commonly-raised sceptical questions that are slowing the world's response to this critically important issue.

The great thing about this resource is the audio recordings and slide presentations.