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The Megyn Kelly Show

The Truth About Climate Change, Climate Realism and Climate Alarmism, with Bjorn Lomborg and David Wallace-Wells | Ep. 239

The Megyn Kelly Show

SiriusXM

Society & Culture, News Commentary, News

4.438.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2022

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly is joined by Bjorn Lomborg, author of "False Alarm," and David Wallace-Wells, author of "The Uninhabitable Earth," for a wide-ranging conversation and debate about climate change - realism and alarmism. Topics include the worst and best case climate change scenarios, whether climate change is the most important challenge facing humanity or not, America's impact vs. China and India's impact, debating our tangible climate future, celebrity hypocrisy, whether extreme weather events can be connected to climate change, what average Americans can do vs. what governments need to do, the true costs, how innovation can help, and more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Megan Kelly show, your home for open, honest, and provocative conversations.

0:07.0

Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly, welcome to the Megan Kelly show.

0:15.6

I'm excited for today's show, I think you're going to love this.

0:18.6

We have been warned that Planet Earth is on a path to ruin by the media and democratic

0:24.8

politicians.

0:25.8

But on this episode today, we wanted to take a step back, take a look at the big picture,

0:30.8

and figure out what the science really says about climate change is the alarmism justified.

0:37.8

And if so, what can we do about it?

0:40.0

Today we are joined by two fantastic voices on this topic.

0:42.6

They agree on some things and on others, not so much.

0:46.8

But we wanted to bring them together to have an informative, respectful, and lively conversation

0:50.9

and allow you our audience the chance to hear from both sides in a way that rarely happens

0:56.2

these days.

0:57.7

David Wallace Wells is editor at large of New York magazine and author of the uninhabitable

1:04.0

Earth, Life After Warming.

1:07.2

A book that was based on an essay that I believe was the magazine's largest or most circulated

1:14.2

most red ever in the history of the magazine.

1:17.2

So this has been very, very popular and he told us last time they're making a movie on

1:21.4

it too.

1:22.9

Also joining us today is Bjorn Lomborgh.

1:25.5

He's president of the Copenhagen consensus and visiting fellow at Stanford University's

1:30.4

Hoover institution.

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