Evangelical scientist warns

The world cannot adapt its way out of the climate crisis, and counting on adaptation to limit damage is no substitute for urgently cutting greenhouse gases, leading evangelical climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe (see photo) has warned.

Hayhoe, chief scientist for the Nature Conservancy in the US, professor at Texas Tech University, and Climate Ambassador for the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), said the world was heading for dangers unseen in the 10,000 years of human civilisation.

‘People do not understand the magnitude of what is going on,’ she said. ‘This will be greater than anything we have ever seen in the past. This will be unprecedented. Every living thing will be affected.’