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Benny Peiser

Benny Peiser is a social anthropologist at Liverpool John Moores University and the editor of the Cambridge Conference Network ( CCNet ). His research focuses on the effects of environmental change and catastrophic events on contemporary thought and societal evolution.

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As long as science is uncertain about the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions in the Earth’s atmosphere, the public are justified in keeping an open mind, says Benny Peiser.

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