(global warming news) NEWS: Stanford professor discusses effects of global warming (The Dartmouth)

Schneider also criticized the "contrarian" perspective on global warming, likening arguments about the uncertainty of climate change studies to tobacco companies that question the dangers of cigarettes. Schneider advocated a climate change policy that would aim to manage the risks imposed by rising temperatures instead of seeking idealistic reductions in emissions. Schneider poked fun at himself throughout the speech, noting the approximately "one-quarter of one percent" of a Nobel Prize he garnered in 2007 for his work with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Addressing audience members' questions, Schneider asserted that increased information and a change in the nation's value system are both vital for improvements in climate change. Schneider offered hope that attitudes towards climate change are changing for the better, and that some substantive change may occur in the near future. The Dickey Center plans to host another speech later in the term about the effects of climate change on the spread of disease, as well as two panel discussions in the spring about policy options, costs and politics associated with climate change. read more

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