Is climate change caused by humans? Or is climate change a hoax made up by liberals? Is climate change just a naturally occurring phenomenon in the environment? Do over 97% of climate experts believe that humans are causing climate change? Who or what is responsible for the 26% of Americans who deny human-caused climate change and the 14% who deny climate change is happening at all?
Listen as our host Tim Jordan asks one of the world’s top experts in climate change and its impact on the Amazon region these questions and more. Who is terrified? Who is optimistic? Listen and find out.
================================= Resources for This Podcast:
Webpage (2024). International Science Council. Carlos Nobre, Senior Scientist. https://council.science/profile/carlos-nobre/
Webpage: (2021). Amazonia 4.0. Scientific Council, Carlos Nobre, Counselor. https://en.amazonia4.org/project/carlos-nobre/
Webpage (2024). The 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC Cop 30). International Institute for Sustainable Development. SDG Knowledge Hub. https://sdg.iisd.org/events/2025-un-climate-change-conference-unfccc-cop-30/
Article: Gounaridis, D. & Newell J. (2024). The social anatomy of climate change denial in the United States. Nature. Scientific Reports. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-50591-6
Article: Bohr, J. (2022). The structure and culture of climate change denial. The American Sociological Association, Footnotes. Volume 49 (3). https://www.asanet.org/footnotes-article/structure-and-culture-climate-change-denial/
Article: NASA (2024). Do scientists agree on climate change? https://science.nasa.gov/climate-change/faq/do-scientists-agree-on-climate-change
Webpage: Stanford University, (2025). Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. https://fsi.stanford.edu/global-populisms/global-populism-about
Article: Sordi, J. (2024). Carlos Nobre a terrified by optimistic scientist at the COP biodiversity conference. Sumauma. https://sumauma.com/en/carlos-nobre-um-cientista-apavorado-mas-otimista-na-cop-da-biodiversidade/
Article: Montaigne, F. (2019) Will deforestation and warming push the Amazon to a tipping point? Yale University. Yale School of the Environment. Yale Environment 360. https://e360.yale.edu/features/will-deforestation-and-warming-push-the-amazon-to-a-tipping-point
Video: (2021). Amazonia 4.0: The Reset Begins https://youtu.be/P1swbjiIMUs?si=e9wN2qlk1nSRzf-g
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