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Prof Richard Betts
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Climate scientist, University of Exeter & Met Office. Expert Adviser to Adaptation Committee of the Climate Change Committee. Lead author IPCC AR4, AR5, AR6 & AR7. Live music lover, supporter of grassroots venues. Cycles a lot, rock climbs occasionally. .. more

Richard Arthur Betts is Head of the Climate Impacts strategic area at the Met Office Hadley Centre in Exeter, United Kingdom. He is also chair in Climate Impacts at the University of Exeter and the Principal Investigator of the EU FP7 project HELIX. He was a lead author for Working Group I and a contributing author for Working Group II of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. He was a lead author for Working Group II of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report. He is an editor for the International Journal of Global Warming, the Journal of Environmental Investing, and for Earth System Dynamics. He was appointed MBE in the 2019 Birthday Honours. .. more

Environmental science 58%
Geography 17%
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The scientific evidence is absolutely crystal clear:

We are certain the world is warming because we're burning fossil fuels and putting more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere

So we have to stop doing that

We also need to adapt to the changes we've already caused

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UK ‘already seeing impact of climate change’, says Met Office scientist
The Met Office announced today that 2025 was the warmest and sunniest year in the UK since records began, beating the previous record set only three years ago.
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