‘Planetary Emergency:’ After 30 Years, Leaders Are Still Fighting About Basic Truths of Climate Science

The what-to-do-about-it is what concerns Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University in New York. The fight over how to treat the IPCC report, which is regarded as the premier science on this issue, is a massive distraction, he said. “What’s sad is how much time is wasted on those words because what’s really looming over this are the acts of the Trump administration and a few other governments to willfully put the planet at risk,” Sachs said.