References to climate change almost guarantee funding, even for research topics of little interest beyond academia and eco-activists. Polls reveal that many people worry most about energy, food prices, crime, living standards, Putin’s war on Ukraine, and increasing efforts to control their lives.
The gravest threat to wildlife habitats and biodiversity (and to people’s rights, needs, and living standards) is not climate change. It is policies and programs created, implemented, and imposed in the name of preventing climate change.
