Richard Betts MBE is Head of the Climate Impacts strategic area at the MET Office, the lead author on several reports from the IPCC and a Professor at the University of Exeter.\nThere are few areas of science as contested as the climate. I wanted to speak to someone who has been researching this area for more than 3 decades to discover out why there is so much disagreement over fundamental questions like whether the earth's warming is actually caused by humans? Can we stop it? How accurate are climate models? Should we switch to renewables? What does Richard think of Extinction Rebellion? How much are China to blame? And much more...\nSponsors:\nJoin the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/\nGet 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://bit.ly/cbdwisdom (use code: MW20)\nReclaim your fitness and book a Free Consultation Call\xa0with ActiveLifeRX at http://bit.ly/rxwisdom\nExtra Stuff:\nFollow Richard on Twitter - https://twitter.com/richardabetts\xa0\nGet my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die \u2192 https://chriswillx.com/books/\nTo support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom\n-\nGet in touch.\nInstagram:\xa0https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx\nTwitter:\xa0https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast\nEmail: https://chriswillx.com/contact/\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices