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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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A space for climate change sceptics: response to David King

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.