What is Richard Dawkins' stand on Global Warming/Man-Made Climate Change?

Question

Does anybody know what his opinion is on Global Warming?

Answer 1

I don't know what the host of Family Feud has anything to do with it....

Answer 2

He accepts that it is a problem and that we need to do something (despite what denialists may wish, his support for the scientific method would pretty much force him to accept that global warming is happening and caused by us).

I also wouldn't be surprised if he considers some religions to be an obstacle on the path of dealing with it (George Walker Bush would be a good example of that).

Besides, there are people with a quasi-religious faith that global warming is natural (is belief in a natural global warming cycle that doesn't exist (we're actually in a natural cooling cycle right now, or would be if we hadn't been pumping all that CO2 into the atmosphere) any more rational than belief in a god that doesn't exist?).

Answer 3

As AGW is actually a religion..... he would certainly be opposed to the notion of 'man-did-it' global religion..... He is not a subscriber to organized religion.

Answer 4

I have never heard or seen any commentary from him specifically on the subject. But knowing his strong support for the scientific method where no theory can be accepted unless several others arrive at a similar conclusion working from available data. He also is strongly against any form of religious orthodoxy of any kind. So I feel he would probably support the denier position because that is where all the vetted evidence is and he detests evangelistic religions that try and force their religion on others which performance would certainly rouse his ire.

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