In his first in-depth interview since the theft of UEA emails,the scientist blames inertia and democracy for lack of action
• Read the full transcript of James Lovelock's G2 interview with Leo Hickman
The G2 interviewHumans are too silly to prevent climate change from radically impacting on our lives over the coming decades. This is the stark conclusion of James Lovelock, the globally respected environmental thinker and independent scientist who developed the Gaia theory.
It follows a tumultuous few months in which public opinion on efforts to tackle climate change has been undermined by events such as the climate scientists' emails leaked from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the failure of the Copenhagen climate summit.
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Source: theguardian.com