The 2021 IPCC report may exaggerate the likelihood and severity of climate change's adverse effects.

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Con: The 2021 IPCC report is one of the most definitive ever released, leaving little room for doubt about the broad, negative consequences of climate change.

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Con: Steven E. Koonin, the author of this opinion, is not a climate scientist, and his criticism of climate science has been characterized by more qualified experts as "badly wrong."

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The 2021 IPCC report may exaggerate the likelihood and severity of climate change's adverse effects.

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The 2021 IPCC report is one of the most definitive ever released, leaving little room for doubt about the broad, negative consequences of climate change.

Steven E. Koonin, the author of this opinion, is not a climate scientist, and his criticism of climate science has been characterized by more qualified experts as "badly wrong."

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The 2021 IPCC report may exaggerate the likelihood and severity of climate change's adverse effects.

Con claim 1

The 2021 IPCC report is one of the most definitive ever released, leaving little room for doubt about the broad, negative consequences of climate change.

Con claim 2

Steven E. Koonin, the author of this opinion, is not a climate scientist, and his criticism of climate science has been characterized by more qualified experts as "badly wrong."