Can we all get a refund? Now UN climate experts admit climate change won’t destroy Earth tomorrow
The UN climate change committee has revised its previous dire predictions about the impacts of climate change, stating that the most alarming scenarios are now considered implausible. This shift has raised questions about the accuracy of earlier forecasts that fueled public fear and political agendas. Critics argue that the previous reports were exaggerated and have led to significant economic consequences.
- ▪The UN's climate change committee has discarded extreme temperature-rise scenarios from past reports.
- ▪Previous predictions of catastrophic climate impacts were criticized for being overblown and politically motivated.
- ▪Recent data suggests that the most dire forecasts of climate change are now considered implausible.
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Opinion editorial Can we all get a refund? Now UN climate experts admit climate change won’t destroy Earth tomorrow By Post Editorial Board Published May 18, 2026, 7:58 p.m. ET The UN's climate change committee quietly ditched dire temperature-rise scenarios from past reports. See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Apocalyptic climate-change predictions were box-office gold for Hollywood but they did untold damage to the public psyche, economy and the average man’s pocketbook. Now the United Nations’ influential climate change committee has quietly discarded the dire temperature-rise scenarios used in two previous reports predicting horrific consequences of global warming if greenhouse emissions weren’t curbed.
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