We have to take away Peoples Fear of Climate Change

In a recent SPIEGEL ONLINE intrview one of Germany leading climate researchers balances the new furor about global climate discussion and warnings . I see his comments as healthy supplement to the views of author Michael Crichton and others.

The real challenge lies for me in shaping the global agenda and feeding it with fresh view, perspectives,thinking and of course solutions and sustainable blueprints for action.

We have to take away Peoples Fear of Climate change

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SPIEGEL INTERVIEW WITH CLIMATOLOGIST HANS VON STORCH"We Have to Take Away People's Fear of Climate Change"

Hans von Storch is one of Germany's leading researchers on climate change. DER SPIEGEL spoke with him about why fears of global warming are exaggerated and the doom-mongering tendencies of German scientists.







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A young woman in the southern German town of Freiburg enjoys this week's unusually warm weather. Will climate change bring more benefits than drawbacks to Germany?



SPIEGEL: Mr. Storch, will you cancel your next long-distance flight to save the climate?

Storch: No, I already have a number of overseas business trips scheduled for this year. But I do spend my summer vacations in nearby Denmark -- not for moral reasons, but because I own a vacation house there.

SPIEGEL: Some climate protection groups and politicians are calling on Germans to spend their summer vacations in their own country in the future.

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