WITH global temperature data setting new records each month, “sceptical” positions about climate change have crumbled. Those seeking a more credible basis for opposing action to reduce carbon emissions have shifted their ground. Most have moved to the view advocated by “lukewarmers” like Bjorn Lomborg and Roger Pielke: that unmitigated global warming would not be so bad after all, and that adaptation is the best response.

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