Global Disruption” More Accurately Describes Climate Change, Not “Global Warming”–Leading Scientist John Holdren

This is a great interview with John Holdren, a professor of environmental policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and lawyer Stephen Susman who is representing Kivalina islanders, Native Alaskan people who have to be moved, because of global warming, to the mainland.

On the one hand it's a shame that scientists are being reduced to "spin" to sell their message. On the other hand, if they can deliver the message more effectively and in a way that will resonate with ordinary people then we can really start moving forward on climate change.

Susman also makes some interesting comments on how the United States (and presumably other countries) can participate in Kyoto and then force non-participants into compliance through the courts. It's an interesting approach that if viable would negate many of the arguments of those western governments (like Canada) make for not participating.