What Roger Pielke Jr. thinks about climate change
Political scientist who studies science policy, disasters and climate; writes The Honest Broker newsletter on climate, energy, sport and science politics. Author of The Climate Fix (2010) and The Rightful Place of Science: Disasters and Climate Change.
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4 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Roger Pielke Jr. has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingThe WWA methodology allows any variable with an increasing trend to be attributed to climate change.
Their wordsFurther, under the WWA methodology any time series with a trend, up or down, - and in any context - can be "attributed to climate change."
↗Taking Us for Foolsrogerpielkejr.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsThe notion of climate change has collapsed our discussions of complex environmental-social-political issues into a cartoonish characterization of "climate change" as an all-purpose causal agent responsible for just about everything that people don't like
↗Climate Change is Making Us Stupidrogerpielkejr.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsHow we talk, and apparently think, about climate change has become stupider.
↗Climate Change is Making Us Stupidrogerpielkejr.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsThe NASEM has defined "climate change" in a way that makes detection (a la IPCC) unnecessary and attribution (a la IPCC) assumed away.
↗Climate Change is Making Us Stupidrogerpielkejr.substack.com 3rd of 3 in this piece