‘Climate: The Movie’ Filmmaker: Science Doesn’t Back ‘Ridiculous Hysteria’

There is no scientific basis for climate alarm, but people are “told the complete opposite,” says Martin Durkin, writer and director of “Climate: The Movie (The Cold Truth).” Speaking to NTD’s “British Thought Leaders” programme, Mr. Durkin said the science “simply does not support the ridiculous hysteria around climate at all.” However, the filmmaker said younger people in academia don’t tend to push back against the prevailing narrative because “your career’s ended pretty much in the sciences if you speak out against climate change and do so consistently.” In his new movie, Mr. Durkin interviewed a number of leading physicists, including Nobel Prize winner John Clauser. The scientists argued against the thesis of human-and-CO2-driven global warming....