Professor Guy McPherson, professor emeritus of natural resources and ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona and a leading global voice on abrupt climate change leading to near-term human extinction, believes humans will be extinct by 2026. In this interview, he explains the basis of this damning prediction and discusses why and how the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are too conservative and diluted. Climate science is anything but settled. – Nadya Swart

03:46: McPherson’s criticism of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as being too conservative and diluting their reports

05:40: Consensus among IPCC climate scientists

08:11: McPherson’s discovery of abrupt, irreversible climate change

09:15: The uncertainty/limitations in respect of definitive climate science

12:03: McPherson’s 2007 projection that owing to peak oil there would be permanent blackouts in cities starting in 2012

14:33: McPherson’s experience resonating with that of climate scientists on the opposite side of the spectrum who have been shunned 

16:03: The IPCC diluting their reports and relying on peer-reviewed research

18:12: What motivates the IPCC to dilute these reports

19:17: On McPherson’s claim that climate science is settled

21:22: Challenging McPherson’s claim of unprecedented extreme weather events and recent temperatures being the highest recorded

25:54: Release of methane gas from the Arctic

28:52: The credibility of peer-reviewed research

30:57: McPherson’s prediction of human extinction by 2026

33:09: Whether this prediction disregards the capability of humans to adapt to changing climates and environments

35:21: The wealthy elite not taking action

37:07: What motivates McPherson when he believes we have just three years left