Weight of the world revisited: the climate scientists who copped it

Science Weekly revisits episode two of this 2023 mini-series from
Full Story. In part two of Weight of the world, three Australian
climate scientists reveal the professional and personal toll of
their predictions. Lesley Hughes tells us about the axing of
Australia’s Climate Commission, a group tasked with educating the
public about climate science and the need to cut carbon emissions;
Graeme Pearman talks of the pushback from government and industry;
and Ove Hoegh-Guldberg speaks of the personal attacks and death
threats that followed his warnings. All three express their
disbelief that meaningful action didn’t follow the science, with
Pearman saying he was ‘naive’ to think it would. Help support our
independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod