Thread by @RogerPielkeJr

Incredible
Solar power enjoys an incredibly strong a global public consensus
As do wind and hydro, 7 just below gas
Nuclear, oil, coal ... not so much
Via @pewglobal
pewresearch.org/science/2020/0…

Ideological polarization on climate policy is a largely found in a few English-speaking countries (plus Sweden!)
Via @pewglobal

With a high % of authors of @IPCC_CH coming from ideologically polarized countries (US, UK, Australia) not surprising that those politics re-emerge within the assessment process

But ideological battles over climate are a non-issue for >95% of the world

carbonbrief.org/analysis-gende…

But even in ideologically-polarized countries we see ample public support for climate policy

The core battle for public opinion on climate is over, all that’s left are fights over margins & efforts to politicize

Expert attention should thus be on policy options

Via @pewglobal

For climate experts:
The US, UK, Australia are not the world
But even there are large reservoirs of support for policy action (but Q is, what actions?)
Twitter is not the world (but Twitter fights aren’t going away)

Focus attention on what matters
Good science, solid policy
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