Key Insight
This is by no means the only example of “market consensus” on climate change. At the same time that members of the insurance industry are taking action to mitigate their losses (by promoting adaptation; the “mitigate”/”adaptation” distinction is one of the many infelicities of climate-change speak) other commercial actors are eagerly leaping at the chance to profit from new economic ... Read more
Why isn’t this activity exploited more aggressively for communication by those trying to promote public engagement with climate change? Those who doubt the scientific consensus–either because they think it is being calculated incorrectly by social scientists who use one or another method to measure it or because they think climate scientists are biased by ideology, group think, or research-funding blandishments–presumably ought to find the opinion of market actors, who are putting their money where their mouth is (actually, they don’t talk much; they are too busy investing), more probative?