In Part 4 Of The Quest, Daniel Yergin Does A Nice Job Of

In part 4 of The Quest, Daniel Yergin does a nice job of laying out the chronological development of the climate change movement. This of course starts first with the science of being able to understand the climate and take the measurements necessary to observe changes happening in the natural world. It was interesting to learn the important role glaciers played in the early development of studying the climate and that for a time, aside from a few outliers even today, the concern about climate rested with the return of an ice age. Fortunately, the increased study of carbon dioxide and its effects in the atmosphere led the way for the new thinking about human’s effect on climate, as well as, provide direction for measurements and modeling†¦show more content†¦It was not entirely clear in the reading how efficient these organizations are and what could make them better. One such example of room for improvement was the IPCCs annual report in which critics jumped on some sloppy and scientifically inaccurate findings, which greatly hurts the credibility of the organization and the cause. Also, it is apparent that political leaders will have varying degrees of proficiency in scientific research and may interpret results differently. This was demonstrated by the examples of Bert Bolin’s scrutiny over the types of words used to relay the implications of their findings on whether human activity was responsible for global warming and to what degree. In the â€Å"alphabet soup† of organizations and agencies are efforts as coordinated as they could be and how can the scientific communities voice best be heard on the international stage as well as in the individual countries? Political will is hard to maintain on climate change in part because humans react to tangible and immediate threats to survival. The threats of climate change and terrorism to the international community are interesting to look at for which gets more attention and some gen eral possibilities why. Climate change is the type of threat that may never be properly dealt with until it is too late since its effects are slow and mostly unnoticeable to the common person, hence the clichà © frog in the pot